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as in handfuls
a small number
there are only a couple of errors in the computer program
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as in pairs
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
a couple of socks
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as in combines
to come together to form a single unit
at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio
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as in connects
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room
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Recent Examples of couples
Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
One is 1969’s Paul Mazursky comedy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in which two couples wind up over their heads in stretching the moral limits of their relationships in an ever-changing society.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Rows of young couples sit beneath a long canopy decorated with red cloth and plastic flowers.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Many literary couples threaten to start a press together.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Katie Bartholomew is the executive director at the Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero, which provides therapy to individuals, couples and families in Cicero and other nearby suburbs.
—Igor Studenkov, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
There are a great many things that Miss Manners can think of which couples should not do in restaurants.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Doing double duty as an event venue, the place has also been the locale for several celebrity weddings, including actress Kaley Cuoco and tennis star Ryan Sweeting and Vanderpump Rules stars Scheana Marie and Michael Shay, both couples of whom are now divorced.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
For example, individual filers can receive up to $994, couples filing jointly can receive $1,491, and those providing essential care to SSI recipients can receive up to $498.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The seven Harry Potter books are canon; fan fiction that couples Hermione and Malfoy is not.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The first, is to use large-scale solar energy as in the form of agrivoltaics that couples large scale solar farms with an increase in agricultural products.
—Joshua Pearce, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Boston Dynamics couples perception (IMUs, cameras, possibly LiDAR) with these controllers to enable rapid reflexive responses.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint.
—Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Noun
For couples, Sandals Royal Plantation, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Excellence Oyster Bay won’t disappoint.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
One is 1969’s Paul Mazursky comedy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in which two couples wind up over their heads in stretching the moral limits of their relationships in an ever-changing society.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Rows of young couples sit beneath a long canopy decorated with red cloth and plastic flowers.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Many literary couples threaten to start a press together.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Katie Bartholomew is the executive director at the Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero, which provides therapy to individuals, couples and families in Cicero and other nearby suburbs.
—Igor Studenkov, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
There are a great many things that Miss Manners can think of which couples should not do in restaurants.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Doing double duty as an event venue, the place has also been the locale for several celebrity weddings, including actress Kaley Cuoco and tennis star Ryan Sweeting and Vanderpump Rules stars Scheana Marie and Michael Shay, both couples of whom are now divorced.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
For example, individual filers can receive up to $994, couples filing jointly can receive $1,491, and those providing essential care to SSI recipients can receive up to $498.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
As Leon, however, it's recommended to play in the third person, which couples nicely with the action-thriller vibe of that storyline.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The seven Harry Potter books are canon; fan fiction that couples Hermione and Malfoy is not.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The first, is to use large-scale solar energy as in the form of agrivoltaics that couples large scale solar farms with an increase in agricultural products.
—Joshua Pearce, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Boston Dynamics couples perception (IMUs, cameras, possibly LiDAR) with these controllers to enable rapid reflexive responses.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint.
—Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couples
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With models trailed by porters toting handfuls of monogrammed luggage?—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sprinkle a few handfuls of wood ashes around your hydrangea in early spring and water it in.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2026
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In Paris, the Museum of the Prefecture of Police possesses just a guillotine blade, while the closest thing on view at the Carnavalet Museum is a two-foot-tall model guillotine and a pair of dangly brass guillotine earrings.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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The pair were not the only ones considering Olsson’s Wyscout clips.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Credit the venerable address (it’s housed in the historic 1912 Jarmulowsky Bank Building), the chic design (the lobby combines midcentury furniture with maximalist Gucci wallpaper), and the expansive city views.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Nothing Phone Deal The Nothing Phone (3) combines high-end power with a unique design that can handle intensive gaming and AI tasks with its Snapdragon 8s Gen4 chipset.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Northeast Passage connects Europe and Asia along the northern shores of Russia.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Its features include a 1,200-square-foot cabana, which connects to the mansion via a private underground tunnel, and a 150-foot dock extending from the lawn.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Its DriveWell Fusion platform ingests sensor data from millions of devices and fuses it with contextual information, creating a unified view of how people actually drive, from hard braking and speeding to phone distraction.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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The partnership fuses real-world sensing tech with massive computing power.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2026
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Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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The swoony strings coat the song with a lush, old-fashioned feel.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Shipping volumes in the Red Sea plummeted, with traffic through the Suez Canal, which links it to the Mediterranean Sea down 70% by mid-2024, according to a yearly review by United Nations Trade and Development.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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Some research also links language study to gains in areas such as problem-solving and memory.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Sleep is where the damage compounds.—
John La Puma,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Editing compounds that issue, and not even a familiar and fun soundtrack can distract from a narrative that endlessly circles the same jokes and conflicts without properly deepening them.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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