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duplex

[doo-pleks, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɛks, ˈdyu- /
ADJECTIVE
twofold
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While a number of luxury apartments are rising downtown, developers are also building duplex communities in the suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

A duplex fad is spreading among the city’s developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In most cities, these parcels would be the sole domain of single-family homes interrupted by the occasional duplex.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

But cleaning a house that size was a massive undertaking, and it seemed impossible to keep track of everyone’s belongings, as compared with when they lived in a smaller duplex.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

The house was a duplex, with two identical front doors that faced each other across a wide front porch, 141A and 14IB.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar




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