duplex
noun
duplexes
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pluralof duplex.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
They mostly invested in real estate — two commercial buildings and two residential duplexes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
Fueling the anxiety: a raft of recent California laws and bills that make it easier to build duplexes and apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods like Altadena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Relatedly, duplexes get to use the state’s simple single-family residential code instead of the more demanding guidelines that apply to apartment buildings.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2025
Others were big two-story duplexes, built as boardinghouses for bachelor miners in the booming 1920’s and later sectioned off as individual family dwellings during the Depression.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
