opposite number
noun
: a member of a system or class who holds relatively the same position as a particular member in a corresponding system or class : counterpart
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Walz competed for views with his opposite number, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who is a fixture on the Sunday show circuit.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
Cela’s opposite number, in some ways, was Ramón Sender, another of the novelists analyzed in Franco’s Crypt.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
During the Iran negotiations, Secretary of State John F. Kerry spoke regularly, and directly, to his Iranian opposite number, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had attended college and graduate school in the United States before the Iranian revolution.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Mike Shanahan, Haines’ opposite number on offense and another coach joining Cignetti from JMU, will make $800,000, while offensive line coach Bob Bostad, the only member of Allen’s last staff retained in the transition, will make $700,000.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
Cela’s opposite number, in some ways, was Ramón Sender, another of the novelists analyzed in Franco’s Crypt.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
During the Iran negotiations, Secretary of State John F. Kerry spoke regularly, and directly, to his Iranian opposite number, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had attended college and graduate school in the United States before the Iranian revolution.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Mike Shanahan, Haines’ opposite number on offense and another coach joining Cignetti from JMU, will make $800,000, while offensive line coach Bob Bostad, the only member of Allen’s last staff retained in the transition, will make $700,000.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Opposite number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opposite%20number. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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