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coupling

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verb

present participle of couple
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coupling
Noun
Since their first coupling, the pair have been committed to each other. Caroline Reilly, Glamour, 22 May 2025 Crossbill was a 408-qubit processor that demonstrated the first application of short-range coupling. Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Instead of the traditional coupling, the women kissed two men before choosing their partners, setting off a chain reaction of shifting loyalties and flaring tensions. Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 Outside, the machines break down an old building to build a newer building; sunlight climbs between coupling & uncoupling bodies. Terrance Hayes, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for coupling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coupling
Noun
  • Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • These influential manosphere podcasters exist at a dangerous junction between joking and truth-telling, where hosts riff on news-like content, but are not held to the journalistic standards often present in liberal satire shows.
    Allison Jiang, The Hill, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • In September 2019, Poirier faced Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Beijing has vowed to achieve unification with the island, by force if necessary.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Many of them also demonstrated against President Trump's recent executive orders and policies targeting transgender people and recognizing only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.
    Mandalit del Barco, NPR, 29 June 2025
  • On the first day of his term, Trump signed an executive order that recognized two sexes, male and female, a dictum that has moved across all departments under his jurisdiction.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • By connecting features like billing, single sign-on and data synchronization, these partnerships can deliver a unified experience to the end user.
    Joshua Siler, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This serves as the connecting point between two sides of the barracks that lead Tóth to Erzsébet.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The intersection where the fatal crash occurred is now one of interest for camera installation, according to Carmen Boeger, a Nampa Police Department spokesperson.
    Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
  • First, make the time and effort to understand your ideal customer profile and identify the intersection between your expertise and their business needs.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • The collection, fusing exaggerated silhouettes and structured romanticism with a touch of Moroccan-esque opulence — opens with diaphanous pieces in soft creams and peaches that diffuse light and create fluid movement.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The endgame manages to gel the best parts of Split Fiction together and delivers a showstopping, genre-fusing, radical evolution of everything that comes before it.
    Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This involves integrating generative AI with robotics for battle damage assessment operations.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Since studios and media companies began integrating AI into their operations, there has been pushback from consumers and those working in Hollywood about how the emerging technology will be used in pre- and post-production.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As businesses held their breath for the arrival of 2025, there was a striking decline in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.
    Matt Kunkel, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • The bank has more room on its balance sheet, for example, to offer bigger bridge loans for mergers and acquisitions.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 June 2025

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“Coupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coupling. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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