How to Use the next couple of in a Sentence

the next couple of

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  • And that will emerge over the next couple of months.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • But that could change in the next couple of months.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Dunkin’ has some sweet deals up their sleeve for the next couple of months.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • The pain progressed over the next couple of months.
    MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • A lot of things can change in the next couple of months or even just a few weeks.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • This is going to come out of her over the next couple of days.
    NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s a look at pitchers to watch over the next couple of weeks.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
  • Keep checking back over the next couple of weeks to see if this sticks.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • At some point in the next couple of months, this will happen again.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • And our paths did collide over and over again over the next couple of years.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
  • And, a lot of this will be decided in the next couple of weeks.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The Rangers are seeking a hot hand for the next couple of weeks.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Is that likely to happen in the next couple of years?
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Updates will roll out in the next couple of months, Meta says.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Relief from the heat should come within the next couple of days.
    Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
  • His progress over the next couple of seasons will be crucial.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
  • What's going to happen in the next couple of years?
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Those questions will get answered in the next couple of months.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Penguins fans will need to show some patience over the next couple of years.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Over the next couple of days, there were still more legal setbacks.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
  • Anything can happen in the next couple of days.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nearby streets will remain closed for the next couple of hours.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Preorders are open now, and the headphones will ship in the next couple of weeks.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Between three-quarters to an inch of rain could fall over the next couple of days.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2024
  • But for now, for the next couple of days, there will be a lot of beer probably.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • My lats burn for all eight seconds and each of the eight reps (and for the next couple of days).
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Sakara’s slightly older twin will see more of the world over the next couple of years.
    David Dickstein, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • That loose model is what a few teams could try to replicate over the next couple of months.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The timing on that batch of showers will have to be worked out in the next couple of days.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • He was filled with butterflies, and couldn't sleep much over the next couple of days.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025

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