twinning

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The idea for the twinning was first broached by the Moroccan Community Association in 2005.

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  1. noun The bearing of twins.
  2. noun A pairing or union of two similar or identical objects.
  3. noun Mineralogy The formation of twin crystals.

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Ambassador twinning, DRTP don't make list for next crossing; Binational backs new bridge
  • St. Jude now has "twinning" partnerships in 16 low - and mid-income nations, in which the hospital joins with medical institutions to improve pediatric cancer outcomes.
  • It's not clear yet what Harper will announce in Winnipeg but it could be money for either the Centreport project at the Winnipeg airport or the twinning of the TransCanada Highway through Headingley.
  • Yesterday I fixed the linear allocator to handle floating point register twinning, or at least I thought I did. —  Planet Haskell
  • The way forward, ".must be based on those local ideas that have national potential - such as school twinning, and projects aimed at bringing young people of different backgrounds together." —  The British National Party
 

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  1. Verbal noun of twin, v.
  2. from Middle English twynnynge; verbal noun of twin, v.
 

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/ˈtwɪnɪŋ/
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