real-life counterpart

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counterpart
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.tə.pɑːt/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.pɑːrt/
a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place ...
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(Definition ofcounterpartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each team plays in their own stadium rendered after itsreal-lifecounterpart.
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When this process is applied to each component, the simulated aircraft will fly similar to itsreal-lifecounterpart.
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Each floor is decorated to resemble itsreal-lifecounterpart.
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Kingler's disproportionately large pincer is based on that of itsreal-lifecounterpart, the fiddler crab.
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He made sure to research hisreal-lifecounterpartin books and biographies.
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However, there is no hard evidence that the character had areal-lifecounterpart.
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Such experiments in nature are often considered to be real-life counterparts of experimental animal studies of early deprivation.
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Yet their behaviour does not differ much from that of their real-life counterparts, largely as a result of the vast agenda-setting powers of the legislature.
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Arquette met herreal-lifecounterpartduring filming.
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The gangsters were played by their real-life counterparts and performed their own stunts.
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The leading protagonists in the film have slightly different names than their real-life counterparts and the film caption is based on true rumours.
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Some situations were conceived as fiction, but were later revealed to have real-life counterparts.
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These controllers are shaped to resemble guitars but are generally smaller than their real-life counterparts.
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The names of the characters do not match their real-life counterparts and there are, no doubt, certain other fictional elements.
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The cars themselves followed realistic simulated physics and were at risk of damage and wear like their real-life counterparts.
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