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Recent Examples of two
That piece is a polyrhythm-palooza — threes on twos, twos on threes, three-counts and two-counts alternating.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
Where most studios animated on twos, meaning 12 unique drawings per second of footage, Williams animated the entire film on ones, or 24 drawings per second, giving it the same fluidity as live-action.
—Tim Brinkhof, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Threes are twos, and twos are ones in this spin-off Olympic sport, which features a basketball slightly smaller than the one used for five-on-five.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
Working in twos on a coffee truck gives prospective partners a chance for some alone time.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
Where most studios animated on twos, meaning 12 unique drawings per second of footage, Williams animated the entire film on ones, or 24 drawings per second, giving it the same fluidity as live-action.
—Tim Brinkhof, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Threes are twos, and twos are ones in this spin-off Olympic sport, which features a basketball slightly smaller than the one used for five-on-five.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
Working in twos on a coffee truck gives prospective partners a chance for some alone time.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for two
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Although the slippers looked nearly identical, a consultant for the Smithsonian analyzed slight differences in the pairs and determined that the ones that were sold on Saturday were in many of the most famous scenes of the movie.Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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In Paro, hang mountaintop prayer flags and offer a prayer for loved ones.Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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Within four days of his arrest in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, suspect Luigi Mangione has secured representation from two lawyers in two states and tens of thousands of dollars for a legal defense fund.Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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Davidson boasts coral reefs and deep-sea octopus gardens, where tens of thousands of marine animals breed and feed, including whales.Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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The first attempts at Squads used military terms for the different roles — with majors looking over captains — and the students were grouped into twos and fives before Dent and his entourage finally settled on groups of three.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
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Partly because of the Administration’s projects, the building-trades unions have added fifty thousand new members in the past year—their most significant growth since the fifties.Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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And Bungie will have to take this on without its star General Counsel, Don McGowan, who was laid off along with hundreds of other employees earlier this year.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The chilly air was fragrant with hundreds of real roses left behind by the faithful.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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