How to Use counterpart in a Sentence

counterpart

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  • Metal tools replaced their stone counterparts many, many years ago.
  • The secretary of defense met with his counterparts in Asia to discuss the nuclear crisis.
  • Just like all game, the Dodgers had a response to any run their counterparts would score.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Testers even found these to be just as comfortable and warm as the UGG counterpart.
    — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 6 Dec. 2022
  • But the monster mum proved to have the same feel-good result as its smaller counterparts.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Despite this, the Targa hit the mile-a-minute mark 0.3 second ahead of its coupe counterpart.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Shares of large caps have surged past their smaller counterparts this year.
    — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2023
  • On the other end of the hall stood her male counterpart, Normman.
    — Heather Radke, Time, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Trendy and cozy, warm birches and white oaks are also a smart counterpart.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Potatoes first arrived on these shores in the 1620s as a gift from the governor of the Bahamas to his counterpart in the colony of Virginia.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Here, catch up with those four and their equally gorgeous counterparts, then and now.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Fed’s aggressive rate hikes sent U.S. yields climbing above their Chinese counterpart for the first time in more than a decade.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
  • There is no comics counterpart to Riella, but her name comes from a derivation of Aunt May’s last name: Reilly.
    — Dan Gvozden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
  • However, raw cast iron tends to be more durable than its enameled counterparts, the latter of which can chip and crack with use.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 19 July 2023
  • The good news is that a divorce could make you and your counterpart better towards each other.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The difference this time is that Joyce refuses to be as blunt as her counterpart.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Ford's electric truck is faster than its gas counterpart.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Pair it with its facial drops counterpart for the ultimate all-over glow.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Ross rises through the ranks and develops a deep hatred of his green counterpart, Hulk.
    — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • In 2019 the Orthodox Church of Ukraine split from its Russian counterpart.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • All that said, this bag looks and mostly performs just as well as its pricier counterparts.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In this analysis, the people who died at 27 stood out from their older and younger counterparts.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • That’s still a pipe dream, but Orban has a longer runway to enact his plans than the bulk of his European counterparts.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Cameron and Snook get an advantage their male counterparts don’t have — the potential of vote-splitting with their co-stars in the same race.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In the meantime, however, many African parents, like their counterparts around the world, are turning to YouTube.
    — Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2023
  • So Nick is less foaming-at-the-mouth frantic, and Nigel less dimwitted than their Broadway counterparts.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The last-minute arrival of the records appeared to raise some tension between Mr. Bragg and his federal counterparts.
    — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One of the biggest mistakes the women can make is provoking their male counterparts.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • While the $24 price tag is on the higher end, these Everlane boxer briefs feel as luxe — if not more — as their higher-end counterparts.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
  • New data from TransUnion shows Zoomers are using credit cards to make ends meet more than their Millennial counterparts did at the same stage of life.
    — Lindsey Downing, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

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