counterpart

Example Sentences

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Both El Niño and its counterpart La Niña are natural shifts in global weather patterns, primarily focused on Pacific Ocean temperatures, but they can impact the whole planet.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, whose country is acting as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington, was set to travel to Beijing for talks Tuesday on "global issues of mutual interest" with counterpart Wang Yi.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Mortensen is among the men on “Mormon Wives” who’s part of the influencer group DadTok — a counterpart to MomTok.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

While he has conveyed how serious his Chinese counterpart is about the issue, he has also suggested that his personal relationship with Xi acts as a temporary deterrent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But this seems unreasonable: modern libraries, after all, keep records of duplicate volumes, and their ancient counterpart was no less carefully cataloged.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro