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
The rhyming couplet wasn’t going to win any poetry awards.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
The two sports are like rhyming couplets that play off each other.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The song and album aren’t always as piercing as the couplet, but brevity allows Showbiz!
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The couplets are clunky at best, and at times downright confused.
—Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
The two sports are like rhyming couplets that play off each other.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The song and album aren’t always as piercing as the couplet, but brevity allows Showbiz!
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The couplets are clunky at best, and at times downright confused.
—Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplet
Noun
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Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 21, as the pair left an evening event at the Capital Jewish Museum a little over a mile from the White House.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Sizes are limited, so don’t wait too long to snatch up a pair of these gorgeous leather wedges.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2025
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Joel Coen’s last solo feature as director was The Tragedy of Macbeth with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as the power-hungry Scottish couple.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Improbably located right across the street from their humble abode is the upscale manse inhabited by the Falconers, a rich couple (Katherine Waterson, Chris Klein) who’ve raised only child Tiffany (Fina Strazza) to be a particularly stinging WASP.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Take the story of a mother and daughter duo who started with a folding table and buckets of blooms for sale from the local farmer’s market in Detroit.—
Lenwood V. Long,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Bindi shared a series of snaps, alternating between photos of the family of three, individual shots of the 4-year-old and an image of the mother-daughter duo.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplet. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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