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counterpart

[kaun-ter-pahrt] / ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt /


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Tottenham counterpart Martin Ho says the onus is on clubs and players to ensure the product on the field is worth watching.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Quantum mechanics, however, reveals that particles can behave in ways that have no straightforward counterpart in our ordinary experience.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Thursday to "do everything" to help end the Middle East war when he met Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian for talks ahead of a regional summit, Russian media reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

At each stop Ulbrickson had to explain, all over again, to his coaching counterpart that, yes, indeed, he planned to send the sophomores off in the junior varsity boat.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

That was several thousands of dollars below what their counterparts England and the United States get, and far less than German teachers at the same level who took home more than $114,000.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Chinese automakers helped make Europe’s biggest car show much more buzzy than its U.S. counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the Pyry Conference near Warsaw in 1939, Polish cryptologists invited French and British counterparts, including Alastair Denniston and Dilly Knox, to share their pioneering success in breaking the German Enigma machine cipher.

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

After two standard practices that focused on the basics of passing and ball handling, she scheduled a scrimmage between the new Under Fifteens and their counterparts on the Under Seventeen team.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John


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