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
The duplex housed two families, one on each side of the building, said BSO Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025 The borrower, Latoya Myrick, 44, who works in community services, said the assistance had enabled her to buy a duplex for about $200,000, realizing a longtime goal of owning her own home. Ann Carrns, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for duplex
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Adjective
  • Elisabeth Ambrogio, the district’s director of bilingual and multicultural programs, said the two-way dual language class brings students whose first language is English and those speaking Spanish from birth together to learn in two languages with a goal of becoming fluent in both.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The dual pressures of addiction and burnout are exacting a steep toll on America’s entrepreneurs and executives.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Click here to see more photos of the West Village triplex.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Emmy Manley, 22, who lives in an affordable neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, has had to pay relatively modest yearly rent increases of $30 to $40 since moving four years ago to her two-bedroom apartment in a triplex that was converted from a single-family house.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Any attempt to put the football game itself into the binary ping-pong of our current politics was equally simplistic or self-serving.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • As more neutron star data is collected, the gravitational acceleration measurement of binary pulsars and their single counterparts could shine a light on the gravitational field of the Milky Way and, thus, the shape and distribution of dark matter in our galaxy.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That’s little comfort for residents like Mark Polinsky, 72, who in January almost lost his condo near Fashion Valley to a possible encampment fire.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • From these vantage points, old and new Aspen converge in a panoramic sweep of mountains that have towered here for eons, rooftops of condos that sprang up in recent years, a swirl of tourists mingling with longtime locals.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Shoppers can choose from a plethora of colors, including neutrals such as navy blue and brown, and pastel spring-ready hues such as sky blue, all of which are available in sizes twin to oversized king.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Others have equipment for riskier bombing raids: twin pylons carrying eight 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs as well as a centerline AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod, all complementing the four air-to-air missiles and two drop tanks.
    David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence is transforming the underwriting landscape by dramatically increasing speed, accuracy and efficiency.
    Andrew Curtis, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • And for an administration that says it's focused on reducing waste and improving efficiency, that is unacceptable.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s a look inside the most expensive penthouses in Andermatt.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The renovation will include a redesign of the lobby and grand penthouse, as well as 65 guest rooms.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Later, after the rest of the city’s inhabitants have been wiped out by a colossal storm, Baucis and Philemon issue their requests to the gods and are granted, first, a floor-through loft in Chinatown.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Our floor-through apartment on Bond Street is my luckiest business decision and my only retirement fund.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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