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Synonyms
coequal, compeer, coordinate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, match, parallel, peer, rival
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The junior played in seven games last season for McDaniel, which struggled to compete with its Centennial Conference counterparts in terms of statistics. — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "College Football: McDaniel quarterback position battle heating up," 27 Aug. 2019 Politico reported that staff from several senators, including Murphy, were meeting with their counterparts in the White House to see what kind of deal could be hashed out. — Russell Blair, courant.com, "Capitol Week in Review: Gov. Ned Lamont’s vacation, sales tax free week starts and Sen. Chris Murphy and Donald Trump talk guns," 16 Aug. 2019 Amazon workers in smaller European markets like Germany and the UK unionized years ago, providing guidance for their counterparts in the US. — Rani Molla, Vox, "Why Amazon pays warehouse employees to tweet about their jobs," 8 Aug. 2019 The event, originally created a publicity stunt by wine shop owner in Paris, pitted a selection of California wines, but white and red, against their French counterparts in a blind tasting by some of France's greatest wine experts. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Everything You Need to Know About Chardonnay," 5 Aug. 2019 In addition to having access to large colonies of monkeys and other species, animal researchers in China face less public scrutiny than counterparts in the United States and Europe. — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "China’s CRISPR push in animals promises better meat, novel therapies, and pig organs for people," 31 July 2019 Presented are incredibly faithful recreations of classical and contemporary works of art with real people posing to look exactly like their counterparts in the original pieces. — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, "The Valley Line: Hospital gallery opening and Laguna pageant both picture perfect," 29 July 2019 Their counterparts in the Senate grew impatient and passed their own bill, with bipartisan support. — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, "The Democrats’ Immigration Problem Is Bigger Than Donald Trump," 25 July 2019 Last week, Disney released a lineup of photos that see the epic cast coming face to face with their counterparts in the live-action movie. — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, "Twinning! Beyoncé Rocks Matching Sparkly Looks with Daughter Blue Ivy at The Lion King Premiere," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'counterpart.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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