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
One couplet in, your breathing will calm, and your mind will clear.
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
One rhyming couplet instructs a young man to get an adze, or ax, when the Pleiades are overhead.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The couplet, contrasting the speaker’s good advice with more nefarious influences, reveals the danger of outsourcing one’s moral vision to others.
—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
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
One rhyming couplet instructs a young man to get an adze, or ax, when the Pleiades are overhead.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The couplet, contrasting the speaker’s good advice with more nefarious influences, reveals the danger of outsourcing one’s moral vision to others.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplet
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The head of the Federal Transit Administration is coming to Charlotte after the city’s transit system spent much of 2025 in the spotlight for a pair of violent incidents.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Using music for change, a pair of winners gives children a voice through songwriting.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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Chelsea Vaughn Photography The couple moved into Brian's home and started their lives together.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The duo is returning home alongside crewmates Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
15 Jan. 2026
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After a truly evil cliffhanger in the season 14 premiere, fans had to wait a whole week to learn the identity behind the flakey pastry duo.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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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 19 Jan. 2026.
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