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twain

[tweyn] / tweɪn /






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That’s why, if you don’t want your house cleaved in twain, diagnosing your trees is best left to a certified arborist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

As long as the twain never meet, we’re good — and by we, I mean humankind.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

That's true of religion and genre franchise entertainment, and often the twain meets within the fandoms of heritage brands like "Star Wars," the Tolkien universe, and, yes, "Star Trek."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023

“This is one of the evils of the ‘two cultures’ myth,” he says: Some students are channeled into scientific subjects, and others into humanities, and “never the twain shall meet.”

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

And at Batavia High School, never the twain shall meet.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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