as in pairs
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 couplets
Sharon had submitted a dozen couplets about the virtues of stay-at-home motherhood, as well as a rhyming list of reasons to believe in God.
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Either way, these couplets start to reveal just how curious this poem is.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
As a young child Allen began writing and singing songs while riding in the car with her mother, who taught her about rhyming couplets.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Some additional traditions preparing for the lunar new year include putting spring festival couplets on doors or windows and buying new clothes.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
The couplets rhyme—mostly—but his rhythms are irregular, more implicit than embodied.
—Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
And so Andrea had just sort of like collected a couple of pages of couplets, a few stanzas.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
The title track off his second full-length, The Melancholy Season, pairs a deceptively tricky piano riff and solo with some devastating couplets.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Algorithms for Toddlers is a whole semester of undergraduate algorithms condensed into 14 illustrated pages with rhyming couplets.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Either way, these couplets start to reveal just how curious this poem is.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
As a young child Allen began writing and singing songs while riding in the car with her mother, who taught her about rhyming couplets.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Some additional traditions preparing for the lunar new year include putting spring festival couplets on doors or windows and buying new clothes.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
The couplets rhyme—mostly—but his rhythms are irregular, more implicit than embodied.
—Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
And so Andrea had just sort of like collected a couple of pages of couplets, a few stanzas.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
The title track off his second full-length, The Melancholy Season, pairs a deceptively tricky piano riff and solo with some devastating couplets.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Algorithms for Toddlers is a whole semester of undergraduate algorithms condensed into 14 illustrated pages with rhyming couplets.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplets
Noun
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Griffin's attorneys said has not seen Altum in 35 years and said the pair never met in 2019 or were in a youth group together in middle school, as Altum claimed in her lawsuit.—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Speaking with Handler, Oteri revealed that their friendship began as the pair attended a Milken Institute dinner in April.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Solo travelers were abundant, though most travelers were couples, with a few families sprinkled in too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Weddings, no offense to the couples who have them, are socio-celebratory rorschach tests that are almost designed to hold a magnifying glass up to the lives of their guests.—
Bobby Finger
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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“Couplets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplets. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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