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doppelganger

[dop-uhl-gang-er, daw-puhl-geng-er] / ˈdɒp əlˌgæŋ ər, ˈdɔ pəlˌgɛŋ ər /
NOUN
ghost
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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She later posted a photograph with her doppelganger, joking that the resemblance was "pure coincidence, not strategy".

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

A doppelganger challenges Senator Dan Sullivan, in a bid to confuse Last Frontier voters in a ranked-choice voting system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Our Chris Smith’s main worry is that his kindly alternate dimension father and brother will find out that he killed his doppelganger in an act of self-defense; Earth X Peacemaker would have murdered him otherwise.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez is invited to appear in the live-action version of “The Incredibles” as her animated doppelganger: voluble, brilliant, bespectacled, fashion-forward Edna Mode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024

I almost expected to see my doppelganger sprinting across town pursued by a mob, but I guess things didn’t work that way.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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