Charles Saatchi

Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.

British Businessman

Stephen Rodrick

Matt Leinart's L.A. duplex looks more like a Chuck E. Cheese safe house than a millionaire jock's crash pad. There's the requisite leather couch and flat-screen television, but the rest of the ground floor is bare except for a pile of Nick Jr. DVDs, a high chair, and a SpongeBob SquarePants director's chair.

American Journalist

Matthew Desmond

Some white Milwakeeans still referred to the North side as 'the cire', as they did in the 1960s, and if they ventured into it, they saw street after street of sagging duplexes, fading murals, twenty-four hour daycares, and corner stores with 'WIC Accepted Here' signs.

American Sociologist

Ice T

I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.

American Musician

Takashi Murakami

I grew up in a low-income area of Tokyo. Like most homes in Tokyo, ours was small. It was a free-standing, two-family rental duplex built 30 years earlier.

Japanese Artist

Carol W. Greider

RNase H is a specific RNase that will cleave the RNA of a DNA/RNA duplex.

American Scientist

Stephen Karam

I lived in a basement duplex on 96th Street on the Upper West Side.

American Playwright

A duplex is one building divided into two units, but with separate entrances for each home.

Two separate homes

Buying a duplex can mean becoming a landlord, as owners often live in one unit and rent out the other.

Ownership implications

Duplexes often offer more space than a typical apartment, making them good for families or roommates.

Spacious alternative

A duplex apartment is typically on two floors connected by an interior staircase.

Multi-level living

Duplex apartments are common in cities and may offer views or outdoor space like a balcony.

Urban settings

Duplex apartments can be luxurious and are sometimes found in high-end real estate markets.

Luxury appeal

In telecom, 'duplex' means two parties can talk and listen at the same time, like a regular phone.

Simultaneous communication

In technology contexts, 'duplex' often refers to data transmission in two directions simultaneously.

Tech specificity

As an adjective, 'duplex' can describe anything made up of two parts, such as an agreement or process.

Two-part agreement

In tech, 'duplex' describes devices that can perform two functions, like sending and receiving data, together.

Dual-function devices

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