a couple
idiom
informal
1
: two or a few (of something)
Can you give me a couple more examples?
This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.
—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple ofI lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.
We met a couple years ago.
2
: two or a few
"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."
Examples of a couple in a Sentence
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Luxury real estate sales and development is the other force reshaping Guanacaste and the area 45 minutes south known as Las Catalinas — a car-free development with a time zone that syncs up with the U.S. Villas here range from a couple million to about $10 million.
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Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
That may allow a couple of proprietary model purveyors as well as the hyperscalers such as Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon, to still earn a modest profit.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
But the federal government did not announce the election security requirement until late February — just a couple months before the application deadline.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
The film’s exact story details are not known, but sources familiar with the project dropped a couple intriguing ideas to THR that Tarantino was toying with.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Healing after labor, not sleeping more than a couple hours at a time, hormones being all out of whack, the list goes on.
—Eden Grinshpan, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2024
In a moment of genuine poetry, that bottle had merely a couple of sips of water remaining at the bottom – about 5% full, to represent a player who’d hit just a small sliver of his potential.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 21 Apr. 2024
Once cicadas emerge from underground, their adult lifespan is relatively short, usually lasting a few weeks to a couple of months.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Luke Combs' love for Miller Lite and his visit to Miller Brewery
After getting into Milwaukee Wednesday morning, Combs hung out at the Brewers stadium for a couple of hours, worked out, then was off to the Miller Brewery.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
That may allow a couple of proprietary model purveyors as well as the hyperscalers such as Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon, to still earn a modest profit.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
But the federal government did not announce the election security requirement until late February — just a couple months before the application deadline.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
The film’s exact story details are not known, but sources familiar with the project dropped a couple intriguing ideas to THR that Tarantino was toying with.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Healing after labor, not sleeping more than a couple hours at a time, hormones being all out of whack, the list goes on.
—Eden Grinshpan, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2024
In a moment of genuine poetry, that bottle had merely a couple of sips of water remaining at the bottom – about 5% full, to represent a player who’d hit just a small sliver of his potential.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 21 Apr. 2024
Once cicadas emerge from underground, their adult lifespan is relatively short, usually lasting a few weeks to a couple of months.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Luke Combs' love for Miller Lite and his visit to Miller Brewery
After getting into Milwaukee Wednesday morning, Combs hung out at the Brewers stadium for a couple of hours, worked out, then was off to the Miller Brewery.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
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“A couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20couple. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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