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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

Developers say this duplex approach allows them to weather rising construction costs without passing on price hikes to their buyers and renters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

As he rolled up in front of my Van Nuys duplex, his teal Ford Tempo shimmering in the speckled fall sun, a wave of first-date excitement flooded my system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“We’re living in a duplex now,” my mother explained, and I sensed that we had come up in the world.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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