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counterpart

[kaun-ter-pahrt] / ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt /


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Six months ago, a sustained push above 5% for the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield and its 30-year counterpart was viewed as unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The show is in its second season, and Kuechly replaces Bill Belichick, who played the defensive counterpart to Manning in Season 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

And earlier this week, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said he received an apology from his Ukrainian counterpart, but added that it fell short of Seoul's expectations, according to local reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The remains "belong to our two peoples", Radev said as he attended a ceremony to mark the return alongside Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

As I wrote, for some reason or other, one image, symbol, character, scene, mood, feeling evoked its opposite, its parallel, its complementary, and its ironic counterpart.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

I'm convinced Hertha have huge potential, if not the history to match some of their counterparts.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

A new Australian study suggests that zoo lions behave more like their wild counterparts when they are given whole animal carcasses as part of a feast and fast feeding schedule.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Compared to their healthy counterparts who were not experiencing loneliness or social isolation, women experiencing those issues lived 2.4 fewer years free of physical disease, and men lived 1.7 fewer years disease-free.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Beijing officials told their American counterparts they preferred more time for Xi to rest during his Washington visit, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Paul Van Riper’s Red Team did not come out on top in that moment in the Gulf because they were smarter or luckier at that moment than their counterparts over at Blue Team.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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