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counterpart

[koun-ter-pahrt] / ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt /


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The clawback came ahead of President Trump’s meeting last month with Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan begins a three-day state visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting counterpart Vladimir Putin at a time when her country's reputation in the West has been badly damaged.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Pasties are very much part of matchdays in Hidalgo, although the Mexican versions traditionally contain beef and vegetables, like their Cornish counterpart, but with added chilli.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

During the Getty Center’s closure, its coastal counterpart, the Getty Villa, will remain open to the public and house a special collection of works borrowed from the Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

There are 67,000 food-processing companies in Japan, compared to only 21,000 in the United States, which has twice Japan’s population—so the average U.S. food-processing company is six times bigger than its Japanese counterpart.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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