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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
I've found one sock but can't find its twin
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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
some of these people who think that they're a given movie star's twin are kidding themselves
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Recent Examples of twin
K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
Blockchain and Crypto Implications NVIDIA’s advancements in AI and digital twin technologies could have significant implications for the blockchain and crypto sectors.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The majority of their children are now adults: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 16.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
As the late Malcolm Muggeridge noted, the twin pitfalls of religious experience are unctuousness and spiritual exhibitionism.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
Blockchain and Crypto Implications NVIDIA’s advancements in AI and digital twin technologies could have significant implications for the blockchain and crypto sectors.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Lopez has been married four times and has twins with singer Marc Anthony.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The majority of their children are now adults: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 16.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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That’s also frankly not as bad as expected coming off of 2023’s dual strikes and resultant gaps in the release calendar.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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Fire took their jobs Jan. 14, 2025 Steele, 75, is heartbroken over the dual loss of his place of solace and his beekeeping business.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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More than half of Target’s seasonal workers were hired for full-time positions after the 2023 holiday shopping season.Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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About half of those funds were set aside for firefighter raises, Szabo said.David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The images of Till’s mutilated corpse stayed in young Ali’s mind.Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Republican administrations typically have a binary effect on the art world.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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As Parker pointed out, many stars are born with a binary partner from the same cloud and become binary stars.Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Counterfeit sneakers often feature near-perfect replicas, with counterfeiters even soliciting feedback to improve their products.Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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The Dot Experience addresses this challenge by creating accessible, multisensory experiences, such as media pods and 3D replicas, throughout the museum.M. Leona Godin, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
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Rise Of Synthetic Identity Fraud And Social Engineering Synthetic identity fraud is where scammers use AI to clone voices, alter videos or fabricate identities to commit online fraud and deception, or to pass identity verification checks.Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, who specializes digital forensics and has written about AI voice clones, conducted a biometric comparison of audio clips from Musk and Dittmann, sharing the results on his LinkedIn profile.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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The robot takes a picture of homework but doesn’t just dish out answers.Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Additional energy sanctions could be a solid double.Jeff Stein and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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The former Florida State star seems on the fast track already, having hit .313 with 5 doubles, 4 triples and 7 homers in 32 minor-league games.Chuck Murr, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twin. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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