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or doppelganger
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger
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Recent Examples of doppelgänger
And then there are the cats—dozens of them, prowling or stoic doppelgangers of the real-life felines who roamed Abercrombie’s Hyde Park Victorian.
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the show, Sarah Manning (Maslany) witnesses the death of doppelganger Beth Childs (also Maslany), and realises they — and all the others — were created via the sinister experiments of Project Leda.
12.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Bucky and Black Widow assemble the team after the Marvel Universe is threatened by doppelgangers of the Illuminati - a once secret group of superheroes who manipulated things behind the scenes.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The sci-fi comedy, starring Robert Pattinson as a pair of interstellar doppelgangers, earned $7.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,807 locations.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Are the doppelgangers of MDR who work in the export floor’s control room, for instance, meant to be the same group who were shadowing our heroes in the woods on the ORTBO?
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
But Diane arrives in the show with obvious bitterness about Cooper, and eventually — in one of the show's most intense scenes — reveals that years ago she had been raped by Cooper's dark doppelganger (also played by MacLachlan).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Feel like driving an electric hypercar today, and its gasoline doppelganger tomorrow?
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
But don’t expect a visual dead ringer to drive differently than its doppelganger—Osprey has not extinguished the unique character and driving dynamics of the classic Land Rover.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the show, Sarah Manning (Maslany) witnesses the death of doppelganger Beth Childs (also Maslany), and realises they — and all the others — were created via the sinister experiments of Project Leda.
12.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Bucky and Black Widow assemble the team after the Marvel Universe is threatened by doppelgangers of the Illuminati - a once secret group of superheroes who manipulated things behind the scenes.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The sci-fi comedy, starring Robert Pattinson as a pair of interstellar doppelgangers, earned $7.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,807 locations.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Are the doppelgangers of MDR who work in the export floor’s control room, for instance, meant to be the same group who were shadowing our heroes in the woods on the ORTBO?
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
But Diane arrives in the show with obvious bitterness about Cooper, and eventually — in one of the show's most intense scenes — reveals that years ago she had been raped by Cooper's dark doppelganger (also played by MacLachlan).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Feel like driving an electric hypercar today, and its gasoline doppelganger tomorrow?
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
But don’t expect a visual dead ringer to drive differently than its doppelganger—Osprey has not extinguished the unique character and driving dynamics of the classic Land Rover.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
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Lopez shares her twins Emme and Max, 17, with ex Marc Anthony.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Austin was stabbed in the heart and died in the arms of his twin brother, the twins’ father said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The New Yorker received the National Magazine Award for photography, winning for images illustrating three very distinct stories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The images feature the brand’s ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke suits, the latter of which are available by appointment with the company’s master tailor.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Still, Hynes wasn’t about to paint a pretty picture about losing to the Isles.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Photograph: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this slice-of-life portrait, Chen shows how childhood experiences can shape someone, illustrating how a childhood passion might expand their horizons without necessarily becoming a lifelong vocation.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2025
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Its cover is also an artwork: a painting by Will St. John, who often makes portraits of drag queens and trans models done in the style of Renaissance paintings.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Social media platforms, podcasts, and Clubhouse discussions have become intellectual hubs where people engage with the works of Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Yuval Harari, and Slavoj Žižek and often with more intensity than their counterparts elsewhere.—
Rebecca Ruth Gould,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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