counterpart
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In Asia trading Friday, a dollar bought a little over 157 yen, strengthening slightly after a steep fall on Thursday, when the dollar slid by more than 2% against its Japanese counterpart.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Lai got to meet players and staff including hat-trick hero Will Patching and his physical counterpart, the real Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Other analysts said the matter could be a bargaining chip between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump at upcoming talks.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
An American diplomat and his Chinese counterpart pried the combatants apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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