How to Use two sides of the same coin in a Sentence

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  • In Chicago, many kids are exposed to two sides of the same coin.
    Mark Braboy, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In the world of business, stories of success and pain are two sides of the same coin.
    Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Folklore and horror are often two sides of the same coin.
    Michael Nordine, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
  • In the California music scene of the mid-1990s, Sublime and No Doubt were like two sides of the same coin.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2022
  • After all, these qualities are two sides of the same coin.
    Deborah Tannen, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016
  • In the eyes of the law, seeking donations and making contributions are two sides of the same coin.
    Lucinda M. Finley, The Conversation, 28 June 2022
  • Voting and citizenship are two sides of the same coin in this country.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Seeing an increase in both dry and wet events may sound counterintuitive, but the physics are two sides of the same coin.
    Kasha Patel, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The more likely motives behind the league’s attempt to pull out of the U.S. Open Cup were cash and control, essentially two sides of the same coin.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • This is a film that moves a lot in dualities, between light and shadow, the upper class and the lower class, and which somehow presents the two sides of the same coin.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The truth is that laws forcing Muslim women to wear headscarves or take them off represent two sides of the same coin: controlling Muslim women’s right to choose.
    Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, ELLE, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Burkhart believes that in the nutrient and supply space of the cannabis industry, innovation and education are two sides of the same coin.
    Rod Berger, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The second and third indicators of impunity—human rights abuse and unaccountable governance—are in some ways two sides of the same coin.
    David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For Smith, those are two sides of the same coin, especially as the rise of the experience economy, briefly derailed by the pandemic, continues.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Romantic relationships and committed friendships can be seen as two sides of the same coin rather than singular concepts.
    Eve Upton-Clark, refinery29.com, 18 May 2022

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