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
Some additional traditions preparing for the lunar new year include putting spring festival couplets on doors or windows and buying new clothes.
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
His couplets—stitched together by a rhyme—typically saunter in contrary directions.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 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
Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
His couplets—stitched together by a rhyme—typically saunter in contrary directions.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 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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Just like the Stars against Calgary, the Wild rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits against Seattle and are once again feeling good about their game heading into Thursday’s final regular-season meeting with the Stars.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Maty Quick doubled in a pair of runs with 2 out in the top of the seventh to end the scoring for the Royals.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Money divested from Israel would be given out as cash gifts so that newly married couples could buy homes.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The median income for married couples is $105,402 in that state.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Couplets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplets. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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