twinned
Americanadjective
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born two at one birth.
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closely or intimately associated, joined, or united; coupled; paired.
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Is it this twinned violence and fecundity that feeds our dread?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Set in Vietnam in 2001 and focused, ostensibly, on its two eponymous characters, this is a film about mirrored visions of history and twinned versions of desire.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Congress held hearings in 2020 investigating the twinned tragedies in Ethiopia and Indonesia, crashes caused primarily by engineering mistakes at Boeing.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Letters painted in black welcomed drivers to "Pot Hole City - twinned with Grand Canyon".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024
Our lives were a series of actions twinned with “just in case” reactions.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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