identical twins

noun

plural of identical twin
as in doubles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twins
  1. doubles
  2. equivalents
  3. duplicates
  4. mirror images
  5. equals
  6. carbon copies
  7. peers
  8. similarities
Noun
  • One of those doubles came Friday in the third inning against left-hander Shota Imanaga.
    — Brandon Liguori, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Over the past 20 years, Cîrstea has picked up four WTA titles in singles and six in doubles, thanks in part to an excellent backhand and a solid game at the net.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of doubles
Noun
  • Down the line, the cofounders will eventually add in affiliate links from programs like ShopMy and other equivalents.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • OpenRouter's Justin Summerville told the network that open Chinese models can run 60% to 90% cheaper than the leading Anthropic and OpenAI equivalents.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of equivalents
Noun
  • Objectors also allege some petition sheets were copies, duplicates or did not apply to the specified referendum.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • New features include Automated Bank-Reconciliation that allows JAX to identify unreconciled transactions, duplicates, missing documents and anomalies, then help resolve them while updating the books in real time.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of duplicates
Noun
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Foreign Tongues was built around leftover material from the Hackney Diamonds sessions, and the two albums are such mirror images of one another that they may as well have been released together, Use Your Illusion-style.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Definition of mirror images
Noun
  • Young and old can learn from each other, not as mentors and mentees, but as equals.
    — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This is a partnership of equals—not in the size of our populations, but in the depth of our commitments.
    — Naftali Bennett, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of equals
Noun
  • The matches — admittedly played in much less friendly environments than Monday – were almost carbon copies of the Americans’ loss to Belgium.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Their second and third goals were almost carbon copies, too.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of carbon copies
Noun
  • Trout and Neto reached out to an unnamed Rams player on Tuesday to gather intel on their new owner, who has a sterling reputation amongst his NFL peers.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Mice on semaglutide explored more, balanced longer on a rotating rod, ran farther on a treadmill and solved a maze faster—gains that held even after the researchers accounted for the animals just being leaner than their peers.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • In a clip from the upcoming season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Paul discusses with her castmates what happened at the Bachelor mansion and the similarities between the winner and her ex, Dakota Mortensen.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • While this team has a lot of similarities and a lot of the same personnel as the one that reached the title game in January, the Hurricanes still saw a lot of turnover.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of similarities
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“Identical twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twins. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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