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duplex

[doo-pleks, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɛks, ˈdju- /
ADJECTIVE
twofold
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In 2004, Stiles reportedly paid $1.995 million for a three-bedroom duplex overlooking Stuyvesant Square, ultimately selling the roughly 2,081-square-foot property for $2.7 million a decade later.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Before that, about 10 years ago, he rented a room in a duplex for $333; that same room now rents for $900, he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A duplex boom is attracting middle-income earners to the Midwestern city.

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

Mom’s car was parked in front of the duplex, but it didn’t feel like anyone was home.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The measure defines a big institutional investor as an entity that controls 350 homes or more, and its definition of a single-family home includes duplexes along with traditional detached houses.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Economists say duplexes are the kind of “light-touch density” that allows cities to add more housing for middle-class families without entirely transforming a neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Larry Gross, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Survival, said he fears developers will use the law to demolish rent-controlled duplexes, replacing them with more expensive apartment projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

There’d be no grocery stores or abandoned duplexes to raid for leftovers and non-perishables.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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