joined at the hip
idiom
informal
—used to describe two people who are often or usually together
She and her sister used to be joined at the hip when they were kids.
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Actually, the two are joined at the hip, relying on the same technology and personnel.
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Thomas Bass
author, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
The evolution of the PBMs Medco and Express Scripts tells a story of how one way of controlling the drug supply chain by being joined at the hip with a pharmaceutical manufacturer, over time morphed into a different version of a similarly problematic consolidation.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But the two governments are hardly joined at the hip—a fact that would become evident in the event of a military crisis.
—Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2024
Future candidates and news creators are joined at the hip in the need to understand the characteristics of real trust and how to earn it.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And understanding that pleasure and pain relief are not necessarily joined at the hip might help the rest of us be less moralistic about adversity in everyday life.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
Other channels include Freeform, Disney Channel, NatGeo and FX, which is joined at the hip with Hulu via exclusive programming.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
Capitalism and industrial activity are historically joined at the hip and emissions are commonly considered externalities – costs thrust on the global public by the bustling West.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
For years, they were joined at the hip, but Wells was the star.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
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Thomas Bass
author, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
The evolution of the PBMs Medco and Express Scripts tells a story of how one way of controlling the drug supply chain by being joined at the hip with a pharmaceutical manufacturer, over time morphed into a different version of a similarly problematic consolidation.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But the two governments are hardly joined at the hip—a fact that would become evident in the event of a military crisis.
—Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2024
Future candidates and news creators are joined at the hip in the need to understand the characteristics of real trust and how to earn it.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And understanding that pleasure and pain relief are not necessarily joined at the hip might help the rest of us be less moralistic about adversity in everyday life.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
Other channels include Freeform, Disney Channel, NatGeo and FX, which is joined at the hip with Hulu via exclusive programming.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
Capitalism and industrial activity are historically joined at the hip and emissions are commonly considered externalities – costs thrust on the global public by the bustling West.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
For years, they were joined at the hip, but Wells was the star.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Joined at the hip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joined%20at%20the%20hip. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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