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Recent Examples of identical twin
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.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
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After the unexpected death of their father, identical twins Holland and Niles are left to roam their family’s New England farmland as their mother grieves alone.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Finally, the couple welcomed identical twin boys, Daniel, who just got his Masters in Business Administration and David, 23, who works as a computer engineer.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
About 100 genes have been associated with autism, and if one identical twin has autism, the other twin has an 80% chance of also having autism, suggesting a strong genetic link.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Buy Now 15 of 15 ‘The Other’ by Thomas Tyron
After the unexpected death of their father, identical twins Holland and Niles are left to roam their family’s New England farmland as their mother grieves alone.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Finally, the couple welcomed identical twin boys, Daniel, who just got his Masters in Business Administration and David, 23, who works as a computer engineer.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
About 100 genes have been associated with autism, and if one identical twin has autism, the other twin has an 80% chance of also having autism, suggesting a strong genetic link.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
Noun
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The linker cell–type death is in some sense almost like a mirror image of apoptosis.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Dec. 2024
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For once, the top 10 movies on iTunes and Fandango aren’t close to a mirror image of each other.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
2 Dec. 2024
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Shriver won seven Australian Open titles, five Wimbledon titles, five US Open titles and four French Open titles in women’s doubles.—
Jill Martin,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The 27-year-old guard has flirted with triple doubles in two of Minnesota’s last three outings.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This leads to more clutter and unnecessary duplicates that are lost again.—
Amy Slenker-Smith,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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While the pharmaceutical companies plod along the long drug development and regulatory process required of new medications, some pharmacies have already leapt into the oral market by categorizing their products as duplicates of the injectable meds.—
Kate Knibbs,
WIRED,
20 Nov. 2024
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The pups were carbon copies of their parents, although most people in the comment section thought the husky genes took over.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Kelce knows that her other two daughters, Wyatt and Bennett, look like carbon copies of their dad, Jason.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
5 Dec. 2024
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In parallel with retail expansion for European luxury brands in Saudi Arabia, the nation is also focusing more on growing its own design economy.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Zoom out: The crackdown is moving in parallel to a retreat from these policies in corporate America.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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