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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

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which produces Starlink as well as its military counterpart Starshield, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

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

Samples from Chang'e-6 contain extremely low concentrations of rare earth elements and have lower thorium-to-samarium ratios, expressed as Th/Sm, than their Apollo counterparts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

And while judging them against Australia's fearsome attack, the most successful quartet Test cricket has seen, is hardly fair, South Africa's bowlers lacked the relentless pressure of their counterparts.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Lidegaard and his Nordic counterparts just announced a Nordic Growth Alliance to promote cooperation in sectors such as quantum technology, data centers and space, while reducing red tape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Although the Earl of Cork was almost a model landlord, most of his English counterparts treated the Irish so harshly that some sort of rebellion was inevitable, and it happened to break out in 1641.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin


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