identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term. Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025 One of my sisters actually has identical twin girls who are 10 now. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025 This is a very random old news story, but there were these two very scary Pakistani identical twin brothers who were cannibals in the news maybe a decade or so ago. Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025 After the party, Jesica Balaram, of Park Ridge, was pleased to see smiles on the faces of the Balaram identical twins Kavya and Kiran, 6. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
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Noun
  • There were plenty of other disappointments, and those seasons were the mirror images of what this exercise is calling for.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The two substances would then not be mirror images of each other, but fundamentally different entities with distinct properties.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Sunday, the five-time major champion responded to his opening double to still shoot under par on the first nine.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez hit a ground-rule double in the eighth inning off Royals reliever Sam Long to secure the victory.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Clones are as much a sci-fi staple as robots, spaceships, and time travel, with every major franchise dabbling with duplicates somewhere down the line.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Fans painstakingly catalogue their collections, trade duplicates, and share creative DIY modifications.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The cast — with the exception of Louis McCartney, who reprises his performance as Henry Creel from the original West End production — is different as well, and the characters are not carbon copies of their West End versions.
    Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Creating a carbon copy of the original could attract criticism for being lazy and superfluous whereas straying too far from the source material could alienate fans.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Elson is quick to draw a parallel between White’s other creative pursuits—whether making ceramics at college, or playing bass with her dad on his recent No Name tour—and her nascent interest in modeling.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In parallel, modernization of air traffic control systems must be approached with greater urgency.
    Doug Lane and Rachel Feres, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025

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