the next couple of
idiom
: the upcoming two : the next two
Our schedule is booked solid for the next couple of weeks.
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Kansas City will get a break from the bitter cold over the next couple of days before a storm system that will mostly miss the metro brings slight chances of rain, the forecast shows.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
Adkins did indeed return for Week 3 and worked his way up into essentially his full workload over the next couple of weeks.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather warning, with heavy snow expected in the Midwest/Great Lakes area over the next couple of days and possibly for the rest of the week.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Overnight lows the next couple of nights will dip as low as the minus-10s across the northern Plains.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
Adkins did indeed return for Week 3 and worked his way up into essentially his full workload over the next couple of weeks.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather warning, with heavy snow expected in the Midwest/Great Lakes area over the next couple of days and possibly for the rest of the week.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Overnight lows the next couple of nights will dip as low as the minus-10s across the northern Plains.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
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“The next couple of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20next%20couple%20of. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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