identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin Its portrayal of identical twins who are polar opposites largely stands apart from the crowd, but like the others, Leaves of Grass taps into the seemingly symbiotic relationship identical twins possess. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 Bailey and Mason, among others, authored the NASA Twins Study, which followed identical twin astronauts, one of whom spent a year on the ISS and the other on Earth. Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 Richard had been discharged from the US Coast Guard after being diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, and his identical twin brother, Ronald, was a willing donor. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 16 May 2025 Against Kate’s wishes, Joe plots to kidnap Reagan but mistakenly abducts her identical twin, Maddie, instead. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
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Noun
  • Following Florida’s 4-1 dispatch of rival Tampa Bay in the first round and seven games to end Toronto’s season, the East finals presents its own dynamic, because the Panthers and Hurricanes are mirror images in terms of defense-first mindsets.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
  • Now jump ahead to last year, when the right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson provided a mirror image of Yeltsin’s supermarket visit, only this time the supermarket was in Moscow.
    Eric Jason Martin Tanya Pérez Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Dodgers turned the offense loose early against Yankees rookie right-hander Will Warren, getting RBI singles from Will Smith and Muncy in the first inning, while Michael Conforto had a run-scoring sacrifice fly and Tommy Edman had an RBI double.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
  • But in the end, a clutch go-ahead double from Zack Goldstein was the difference maker, and the Mustangs seized a 6-5 victory to advance to the state championship game.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Biotech ingredients are nature-identical, genetic duplicates of the real thing.
    Joshua Britton, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The baby that results from that is an exact genetic duplicate of the original donor animal.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Complementary Talents That’s not to say that co-founders should be carbon copies of each other.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The first of the goals ruled out at Spurs was almost a carbon copy of Eberechi Eze’s opener at the Etihad.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Due to all things digital, India has the transformative opportunity to encourage internal consumption in parallel with seeking export markets.
    Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • How Washington manages these parallel crises will be critical for its global standing and security strategy.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025

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