duplex 1 of 2

as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor

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duplex

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noun

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Adjective
The duplex home of renowned art collector, dealer, interior designer and philanthropist Hester Diamond recently listed for $19.5 million. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 May 2022 For the penthouses, Herzog and de Meuron worked alongside structural engineers AKT to create the unique features within each duplex penthouse and interior designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio to create lovely homes. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
Noun
Firefighters said the two-story duplex was showing smoke upon arrival, but first responders were not able to access the second floor because of the heat and smoke, as well as hoarder conditions inside the home. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 In the fall, the building listed the loftiest, largest and most expensive new development condo on the East Side, a $65 million duplex penthouse that wouldn’t have existed east of First Avenue a few years earlier. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for duplex
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Adjective
  • This dual approach allows the company to cater to a wide range of customer needs.
    GuruFocus, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The big deal: The Heat’s dual starting big men both took care of business on the boards, with Adebayo and Kel’el Ware playing the Hawks to a standoff in that facet.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But neither seem to be major real estate players, although Chen owns multiple properties, and Zhen seems to know a bargain, paying $920,000 in 2018 for 85th Street — a five-bedroom triplex that had been listed at $1.299 million.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This year, local Women Build participants will be raising the walls for a new triplex in Habitat Lake-Sumter’s first 55-plus community, the Cottages at Heritage Grove in Tavares. Details and to volunteer: habitatls.org/women-build-2025.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Voters can only express approval or disapproval through binary voting choices; this all-or-nothing feedback mechanism does not allow a voter to distinguish between a politician's stance on healthcare, foreign policy, or conduct.
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The high-floor condo in at the Aston Martin Residences Miami measures in at about 5,000 square feet with five bedrooms, two terraces, and endless views over Biscayne Bay.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Rising in its place will be an Epicure gourmet market, which the restaurant’s owners believe will better cater to the residents of the new Northeast Miami-Dade, with its luxury hotels and canyons of high-rise condos.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Two years later, Cooper and his twin brother, Ace, arrived.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • His twin brother, who also worked as a volleyball coach in Placer County, was arrested on suspicion of oral copulation with a victim under the age of 18.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Intelligence agencies need reform, but simply eliminating offices involved with DEI and declaring it a victory for efficiency would miss the point.
    Joshua Yaphe, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
  • By meticulously executing each phase, organizations can optimize operational efficiency, drive innovation and enhance service delivery.
    Vishal Dugar, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Rosie O’Donnell is finally parting ways with her New York City penthouse amid her big move to Ireland.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Klein’s penthouse had been put on the market before in 2019 for $6.5 million.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Douglas Elliman Beyond the royal-azure door of a brick building on Nelson Street is a truly charming floor-through that might just be worth the third-floor walk-up.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Upstairs are two spacious floor-through one-bed, one-bath apartments with windowed kitchens, both of which are green-lit for Airbnb in case there are slow periods at the shop.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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