counterpart

Example Sentences

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He said the United States sought "respectful" and "good-faith" engagement with Beijing, adding: "I wish my counterpart was here at this conference, but I look forward to other options when we can cross paths."

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

During the Getty Center’s closure, its coastal counterpart, the Getty Villa, will remain open to the public and house a special collection of works borrowed from the Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The tale of Athenian overreach is better known today than its Spartan counterpart, largely because Thucydides, one of antiquity’s finest historians, captured it in his account of the Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 B.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Other high-profile Westminster pets include Downing Street's chief mouser, Larry the cat, and his Foreign Office counterpart Palmerston, who died in February after retiring to Bermuda.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

This death-by-indirection now finds its counterpart in what are known as “systemic insecticides.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson