Counterparts
Mates and counterparts are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mates" instead a noun "Counterparts".
Mates
Mates noun - A pair of people who live together.
Both words in one sentence
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Gay Option: Averted: though counterparts exist to woo your possible mates if you don't, you can't pursue same-sex couples.
Source: Franchise / Harvest Moon - The Secret Circle's Adam and Cassie are destined soul mates who, like their Vampire Diaries novel counterparts, are bound together by a silver cord or string.
Source: Reincarnation Romance
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