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adjective

identical

CEFR B2

(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum

In a sentence

Six example sentences with identical, each labelled with its topic.

  • Because the twins are identical, the surgeon judged the kidney match nearly perfect and scheduled the transplant for spring.

    Medicine

  • Studies of identical twins raised in different towns help researchers separate inherited traits from the effects of upbringing.

    Psychology

  • The thriller casts identical twins as a detective and a suspect, so every mirror scene forces the audience to guess.

    Movies

  • Identical twins share the same DNA at birth, yet their fingerprints differ, which the class found hard to believe.

    Science

  • The identical twins on the roster swapped jerseys during warmups, and the referee never noticed until the buzzer.

    Basketball

  • The play's identical twins, separated as infants, cause a day of confusion when both arrive in the same city.

    Literature

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