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counterpart

[koun-ter-pahrt] / ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt /


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Then there’s “relegation,” along with its counterpart, “promotion.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The president was not inside the hotel when the blasts hit, having already left for Syria's presidential palace, where an AFP team saw him arrive for a meeting with counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

O'Neill said she has spoken to her Stormont executive counterpart Little-Pengelly but added it was "for her to answer for what she knew".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Macron is in the capital for talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Seconds later, they heard the roar of the crowd, which meant Cedric had entered the enclosure and was now face-to-face with the living counterpart of his model.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Their all-rounders were also outperformed by their Indian counterparts.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Women in the study also tended to eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains than their male counterparts.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Teams have less information on them, and have to project further into the future on evaluations, compared to their college counterparts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

That comes as Alibaba, like its U.S. counterparts, is spending heavily on cloud infrastructure and its own Qwen large language model.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Although the Earl of Cork was almost a model landlord, most of his English counterparts treated the Irish so harshly that some sort of rebellion was inevitable, and it happened to break out in 1641.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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