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 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 And that repeating first couplet — which comprises six of the poem’s 18 lines and occupied the first day of this challenge — will surely jingle in your pocket for a long time to come. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 2 May 2025 This cheerfully genre-crossing autobiographical novel is told in rhyming couplets with some prose sections interspersed. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for couplet
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Noun
  • Wu pulled in more than 60% of the vote, while Kraft had around 29% support when the race was called for the pair.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The pair orbit a significant distance from the icy world, farther out in relation to the dwarf planet's size than expected.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sean Duffy and some of the couple’s children were also in the segment, and it was filmed in the New Jersey home.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Ford, an Eagle High School graduate, has had to wait to shine because of a series of injuries over the past couple of years.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prescott and CeeDee Lamb have been a potent duo for years.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Alvina Omisiri Agba, 23, allegedly approached the mother-son duo and offered to calm him down.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thankfully, Wednesday is only being split in twain.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplet. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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