identical twins

noun

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plural of identical twin
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  1. similarities
  2. counterparts
  3. likenesses
  4. replicas
Noun
  • But Wyman noted that our current moment shares a lot of similarities with the Weimar era.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Playoff team expansion and first-round byes are among the latest changes that bear similarities to the NFL structure.
    Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of similarities
Noun
  • The Ukrainian president and his team would benefit from regular engagement with their Western counterparts on diplomatic strategy to avoid this kind of dissonance.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • These rival entities, designed to drain their counterparts of resources and influence, would serve as platforms for grandstanding rather than substantive cooperation.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of counterparts
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  • Since the measuring session, artists had begun creating the figure in London, in a four-story complex that turns out almost two hundred likenesses a year.
    Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At Madame Tussauds London, Elton’s model joins likenesses of pop and rock giants Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Amy Winehouse, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of likenesses
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  • Adorned with twinkling lights and white trees all throughout the space, the venue’s decor also incorporates poinsettia flowers, life-size Santa replicas, giant Christmas ornaments on the space’s flower awning, gingerbread creations with faux snow accents on tables.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Per the study, the researchers then made replicas of flint tools found nearby and successfully used them to engrave another Manot Cave boulder.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of replicas
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