counterpart
a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
a copy; duplicate.
Law. a duplicate or copy of an indenture.
one of two parts that fit, complete, or complement one another.
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How to use counterpart in a sentence
The North Star Inbound survey found that across the board women were making and charging less than their male counterparts, whether in agencies or as freelancers.
More than 70% of SEOs in the U.S. are men, make more than female colleagues | Greg Sterling | August 24, 2020 | Search Engine LandAs has become the standard, home teams in the WNBA wiped the floor with their visiting counterparts Tuesday night.
Why Are The WNBA’s ‘Home’ Teams Feeling So At Home In The Bubble? | Howard Megdal | August 19, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightLike Lehmiller suggested, cityside liberals may be taking contact restrictions more seriously than their rural, conservative counterparts.
Sexless in the City - Facts So Romantic | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | August 11, 2020 | NautilusBoth have grown for more than 20 years, but remain smaller than their counterparts in media or sports.
Hot Pod creator Nick Quah on the ‘massive gap’ between podcast monetization and engagement | Pierre Bienaimé | July 28, 2020 | DigidayA new study looking at life expectancy in both countries shows the lifetimes of high-income Americans grew 140% faster than those of their low-income counterparts from 2001 to 2014.
The rich in the US are adding more years to their life than the poor | Dan Kopf | July 23, 2020 | Quartz
Toss in Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus and his Democratic counterpart, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, too.
A PPD agent tells his counterpart that Romney has about 15 minutes.
Behind the Scenes With a ‘Site Agent’: The Secret Service’s Hardest Job | Marc Ambinder | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Islamic feminism, like its Western counterpart, is not without controversy.
Twin visions of Islamic Feminism Split Muslim Community | Shaheen Pasha | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA similar request was not issued to his Russian counterpart.
One Big Reason The CIA Spied on Germany: Worries About Russian Moles in Berlin | Eli Lake | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike its feminine counterpart, manxiety stems, in large part, from doing life math.
High Manxiety: Thirtysomething Men Are The New Neurotic Singles | Hannah Seligson | May 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt had its counterpart on the political side in the rise of representative democratic government.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockLove in the family found its counterpart in fellow-feeling in the tribe, in patriotism in the nation.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisIt is full of deceit, sham, and pharisaism—an aggravated counterpart of the outside world.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanA counterpart of his father, and the favorite—only outwardly—of his mother.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThese resolutions having been agreed to, the bill relating thereto, which was a counterpart of the former, was read a first time.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for counterpart
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt) /
a person or thing identical to or closely resembling another
one of two parts that complement or correspond to each other
a person acting opposite another in a play
a duplicate, esp of a legal document; copy
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