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duplex

[doo-pleks, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɛks, ˈdju- /
ADJECTIVE
twofold
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Before that, about 10 years ago, he rented a room in a duplex for $333; that same room now rents for $900, he says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

A duplex fad is spreading among the city’s developers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Developers say this duplex approach allows them to weather rising construction costs without passing on price hikes to their buyers and renters.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

But as soon as he steps through the front door of their duplex in Harper Woods, Father Mike suffers an immediate drop in status.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The measure defines a big institutional investor as an entity that controls 350 homes or more, and its definition of a single-family home includes duplexes along with traditional detached houses.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Economists say duplexes are the kind of “light-touch density” that allows cities to add more housing for middle-class families without entirely transforming a neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

This month, the City Council hiked trash removal fees to nearly $56 per month, up from $36.32 for single-family homes and duplexes and $24.33 for three- and four-unit apartment properties.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

Others were big two-story duplexes, built as boardinghouses for bachelor miners in the booming 1920’s and later sectioned off as individual family dwellings during the Depression.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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