twin
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If an artificial "twin" requires greater complexity to imitate the behavior of a biological neuron, then the biological neuron itself has greater computational power.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The devastation comes less than two months after powerful twin quakes rattled neighboring Venezuela, killing more than 6,300 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Serú Girán and Texas Tornados are probably the twin pillars, but beyond that?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The quake comes less than two months after twin quakes devastated the north of neighbouring Venezuela, killing more than 6,100 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The tiny space on the map between the twin fists and Hacienda Dorada told us we were close, but I knew better.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Sisters Anita Marie and Maria Francine, biological twins with the Sisters of Notre Dame, stood at the door to the ICE office wearing their traditional habits.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
When they first started gaining traction five years ago, digital twins were often just 3-D models with relevant data tagged to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
George, 65, Amal, 48, and their 9-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, live in the town of Brignoles in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southeastern France.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In December, the French government announced that the Clooneys, including their 9-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, were awarded citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Looking across at the twins, Jess saw two matching buzz-cut heads, four identical green eyes, and about ten thousand freckles.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
Is it this twinned violence and fecundity that feeds our dread?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
And I suppose these twinned non-endorsements did make sense, if you’ve been tracking the trajectory of these two newspapers—and the news business in general—over the past few years.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
One welcomed drivers to "Pot Hole City - twinned with Grand Canyon" and another named a roundabout "Pot Holy Island".
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024
Those tour de force scenes are a reminder of Fisher’s canny ear for the specific cadence of Angelenos fully immersed in the twinned make-believe worlds of moviemaking and self-delusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Sabres and pistols and fencing foils, each twinned with another, prepared for dozens of potential duels.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
But all those efforts at twinning are a bit futile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
It was a small enough step from that to putting up the twinning sign.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023
Because two to three weeks after conception, twinning might occur.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
Jessica Beck, a curator at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, came up with the idea of twinning the artists as a way of reintroducing Marisol and showing the overlap of ideas and influence.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
On the refrains her voice spun, twinning and mixing with my own.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
