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as in halves
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 pictures
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 twins
This is especially true for premium merchandise priced over $1,000, where buyers face the highest financial risk, the authors of the report said, adding that full-body rendering has emerged as the clear consumer preference, capturing 80 percent of user engagement over basic AI twins.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
And, if no team could, how would the twins respond to being separated for the first time since their zygote days?
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Born in Richmond's West End, the Jasper twins excelled on the track field as hurdlers and in school, serving as co-valedictorians of John Marshall High School.
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Parker, who also shares son James, 23, with husband Matthew Broderick, previously pushed back on the stereotype that her twins are mirror images of each other.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
However, the twins also have been seen in Havaianas themselves off-duty.
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Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
The Flames are one of the teams best-positioned to take both Ruck twins with their five picks in the 30-55 range.
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Marshall shares his three kids, twins Zí and Zigí, 11, and son Zö, 7, with ex-wife Mishi Nogami.
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Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
With this new face, the Grecale and the sporty twins are now more in line with the styling vision first introduced with the MCXtrema, and brought to the road in the GT2 Stradale.
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Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
And, if no team could, how would the twins respond to being separated for the first time since their zygote days?
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Born in Richmond's West End, the Jasper twins excelled on the track field as hurdlers and in school, serving as co-valedictorians of John Marshall High School.
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Parker, who also shares son James, 23, with husband Matthew Broderick, previously pushed back on the stereotype that her twins are mirror images of each other.
—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
However, the twins also have been seen in Havaianas themselves off-duty.
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Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
The Flames are one of the teams best-positioned to take both Ruck twins with their five picks in the 30-55 range.
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Marshall shares his three kids, twins Zí and Zigí, 11, and son Zö, 7, with ex-wife Mishi Nogami.
—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
With this new face, the Grecale and the sporty twins are now more in line with the styling vision first introduced with the MCXtrema, and brought to the road in the GT2 Stradale.
—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twins
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Turning a game of two halves into one of four quarters, pausing a sport that derives much of its power and mystique from a clock that never stops, has been universally unpopular.
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In one week this month, Washington moved on both halves of the AI power problem, and only one of them made the headlines.
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Later pictures showed the structure being towed within the lagoon.
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Space-age music blared night-club-loud as pictures of birds, plants, and flowers cascaded down the walls.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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Second, brighter satellites also create streaks in telescope images that mar observations.
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Where a genuinely historic one doesn’t exist, owners are building replicas to recreate the elegance of a past era.
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Other items in the store run from the inexpensive — like $5 collectible stickers and magnets — to the more lavish, such as official FIFA soccer balls for $200 and miniature replicas of the World Cup trophy for $250.
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Vital to the Southers’ battle plan is the use of genetic infantrymen, a battalion of clones whose thoughts can be downloaded on to a chip and reused if the host body is destroyed.
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Statistically, Llamas and Kyles are virtual clones in some categories.
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Alongside artist and archival producer Hudson Campbell, who created oil portraits of the four central figures, the team leaned on AI to add animation, movement, expression, and immediacy to people whose likenesses were absent from history.
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The Pompadour Suite is theatrical in its own way, with dramatic portraits, antique furnishings, and oak floors.
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“Twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twins. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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