as in pair
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church
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Recent Examples of couplet
The couplet, contrasting the speaker’s good advice with more nefarious influences, reveals the danger of outsourcing one’s moral vision to others.
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Even the packaging — an eye-catching holographic bag emblazoned with cheery drawings and Skolnick’s couplet poems — stood out on the shelves of Erewhon and Mother’s Market.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
In 2023, the rapper/singer spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and talked about the birth of that immortal couplet.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 May 2025
This cheerfully genre-crossing autobiographical novel is told in rhyming couplets with some prose sections interspersed.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Even the packaging — an eye-catching holographic bag emblazoned with cheery drawings and Skolnick’s couplet poems — stood out on the shelves of Erewhon and Mother’s Market.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
In 2023, the rapper/singer spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and talked about the birth of that immortal couplet.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 May 2025
This cheerfully genre-crossing autobiographical novel is told in rhyming couplets with some prose sections interspersed.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplet
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Officials at the Water Reclamation Authority are pursuing new goals after the utility was officially released last year from a pair of longstanding legal agreements that required the utility to address sewer overflows, leading to major investments across the system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Her final touch included a pair of black open-toed pumps.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The couple shared their happy news on Instagram on Friday alongside a whole carousel of photos from their big day.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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After Karrion Kross and his real-life wife, Scarlett, parted ways with WWE, fans believe that another couple's new entrance on SmackDown may be a copycat.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Sunday’s game could be the first Clasico to feature English players in both teams — with Madrid duo Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold potentially taking on Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their Parallax Project is a duo of white and red wines from the same grape blend.—
Osayi Endolyn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Oct. 2025
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But the band leader’s return to a crew that can so ably make the twain meet between his two sides makes for a show that satisfies fans who like having their Neil completism represented in a single concert.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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In beauty, there’s truth and trend — and rarely the twain shall meet.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplet. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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