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
In 2023, the rapper/singer spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and talked about the birth of that immortal couplet.
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 May 2025
This cheerfully genre-crossing autobiographical novel is told in rhyming couplets with some prose sections interspersed.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Apr. 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
At the opening ceremony, lion dancers congratulated Wei with red couplets, according to a post on Instagram.
—Bloomberg News, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 May 2025
This cheerfully genre-crossing autobiographical novel is told in rhyming couplets with some prose sections interspersed.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Apr. 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
At the opening ceremony, lion dancers congratulated Wei with red couplets, according to a post on Instagram.
—Bloomberg News, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplet
Noun
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All pair nicely with craft brews and specialty cocktails.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The pair ended up winning a pilot program for one free bus route per borough in 2023—a modest but tangible victory that became a key part of Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Guests seemed to enjoy eating as couples or with friends.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The couple split up in 2011 and Michael died of heart failure on Christmas 2016.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Largely inspired by the expansion of Sweetgreen, the duo started a food truck in Washington, DC in 2014 with the intention of taking it fast-casual some day.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The duo combines to produce an outlandish 1,250 hp and 973 ft lbs of torque, thanks to which the car can rocket from zero to 60 mph in under two seconds and hit a top speed of 233.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Odin’s Day — the halfway point of our work week, splitting it in twain.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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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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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplet. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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