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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
Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Tell Me Lies features several onscreen couples who are also together in real life.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
What can gender equality look like for modern, married Muslim couples?
—Hafsa Lodi, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
For couples like Fuentes and Pratt-Wade, the statistics are not abstract.
—Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
In fact, one of the couples who were engaged had their pod love story mostly shown as a quick montage of conversations before they got engaged.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Friendships and couples form only to implode, and eight years’ worth of secrets, lies, and betrayals come to a head in the series finale.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2026
Not many middle-aged couples on TV argue about whether oral sex while driving is a wise move.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
This Valentine’s Day, many Kansas City-area chefs and restaurant owners will be working away creating dishes for couples enjoying the holidays.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Singles, couples and families welcome.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Tell Me Lies features several onscreen couples who are also together in real life.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
What can gender equality look like for modern, married Muslim couples?
—Hafsa Lodi, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
For couples like Fuentes and Pratt-Wade, the statistics are not abstract.
—Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
In fact, one of the couples who were engaged had their pod love story mostly shown as a quick montage of conversations before they got engaged.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Friendships and couples form only to implode, and eight years’ worth of secrets, lies, and betrayals come to a head in the series finale.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2026
Not many middle-aged couples on TV argue about whether oral sex while driving is a wise move.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
This Valentine’s Day, many Kansas City-area chefs and restaurant owners will be working away creating dishes for couples enjoying the holidays.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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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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Drop handfuls evenly over the top of the compost pile, moisten with water, and mix it in with a rake or shovel.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
3 Feb. 2026
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The pair achieved as much in Gibson’s very first World Cup event, with the duo winning the mixed relay race to secure a spot for the Games.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Hernandez pleaded no contest to charges that included a pair of enhancements for great bodily harm to a victim younger than 5 and willful harm or injury to a child that resulted in death in the commission of child abuse.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Built with a durable aluminum alloy exoskeleton, the robot combines strength with lightweight construction for improved agility and resilience.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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The program combines research, advocacy and direct outreach, aiming to better understand cancer patterns among firefighters and turn those findings into practical safety changes.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The boutique- and restaurant-packed Da’an district starts just down the street, and the Taipei Arena subway station around the corner connects you to the rest of the city with ease.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The bridge, which connects the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, has been closed intermittently throughout the week due to falling ice and weather conditions.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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The unconscious Moon fuses with dark Pluto in your 1st House of Identity, and their meeting in your sign amplifies your presence.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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The film is a wild, funny, lustful, food-centric quest that fuses Western moviemaking styles with Japanese ideas.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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The route also links to some of the state’s best Gulf beaches, with 26 miles of natural coastline and plentiful fishing and crabbing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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Snowfall has been even more dramatic in the Sierra Nevada, where Caltrans officials on Tuesday shuttered a stretch of Interstate 80 that links the north Tahoe area to Nevada due to low visibility and deep snow.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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And that understanding compounds into trust and outcomes.—
Brad Anderson,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The accounts are funded with after-tax money, which then compounds tax free.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Cheniere Partners also owns a Corpus Christi liquefaction facility and a connected pipeline, as well as Creole Trail Pipeline, which interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with a number of large interstate and intrastate pipelines.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Couples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couples. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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