identical twin
noun
: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from a single egg and who look exactly alike
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His identical twin brother, James, got married, had a son and is working as a police detective — but then James disappears, leaving his wife Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) a cryptic note.
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Eleanor Stanford, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Billy Ray was Jimmy Ray's identical twin brother, and the DNA supervisor had another surprise.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
Barnes allegedly had passed that polygraph, but Ward suspected Jimmy Ray secretly had asked his identical twin Billy Ray to take that test.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
Along with his identical twin brother, Scott, David owns and runs Brooks’ Sandwich House at the mouth of the NoDa neighborhood.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
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Eleanor Stanford, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Billy Ray was Jimmy Ray's identical twin brother, and the DNA supervisor had another surprise.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
Barnes allegedly had passed that polygraph, but Ward suspected Jimmy Ray secretly had asked his identical twin Billy Ray to take that test.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
Along with his identical twin brother, Scott, David owns and runs Brooks’ Sandwich House at the mouth of the NoDa neighborhood.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identical%20twin. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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