identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody. Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025 The study's results, published in the journal Cell Reports, showed that 16 of the 32 pairs received scores identical twins would receive. David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025 For example, an individual male mouse might just so happen to win a fight with its identical twin over food. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025 To identify him, authorities followed an unusual trail of clues that ended with one detective recognizing the suspect as the identical twin of someone involved in a case three years ago. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
Noun
  • This season is a mirror image of last year: Down the stretch, Gonzaga’s at-large status seemed in doubt, but a late hot streak of key wins vaulted it all the way up to a No. 5 seed thanks to sparkling quality metrics.
    Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • While other rooms are mirror images of Palace suites, these rooms come with elevated design embellishments and personalized service.
    Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Shortly after Jung Hoo Lee’s season-ending left shoulder injury, Matos went on one of the more electrifying heaters of the entire season and won NL Player of the Week, going 10-for-26 with two homers, three doubles and 16 RBIs in late May.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • His strikeout issue is real, but so is his power, as evidenced by a 14.8% barrel rate and nine homers (and nine doubles) in 45 MLB games last year.
    Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Our 1949 and 1950 trips were duplicates of the 1948 hunt.
    Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • This data will mitigate the ongoing Medicaid duplicate discount issues by allowing J&J to more effectively track and prevent duplicate discounts.
    Rita Numerof, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Backup Blake Corum is a carbon copy of Williams, for better or worse.
    Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The other two videos are carbon copies, except in one, the desert is a golden pink.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the exhibition’s opening was almost overshadowed by an eerie, real-world parallel.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The parallels to his previous work at Markforged are clear.
    Michael Molitch-Hou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

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