1
as in junctions
a place where two or more things are united
the coupling between two train cars
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2
as in mergers
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis
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Recent Examples of couplings
That revulsion, though, is usually expressed tonally rather than verbally—in the loveless couplings, or in the cold white privacy of yet another bathroom stall.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
But, while the couplings appeared to take, the red pigeon never appeared to fertilize the eggs of his new partner.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Dec. 2025
Love Is Blind has produced a number of happy couplings since premiering in 2020.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
The first act is formulaic and its plot direction and obvious romantic couplings are forecast from the start.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Islanders couple up while looking to survive re-couplings and avoid being dumped from the villa.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The output is ideally the ground state, the configuration of spins that minimizes the energy given that set of couplings.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2016
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
But, while the couplings appeared to take, the red pigeon never appeared to fertilize the eggs of his new partner.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Dec. 2025
Love Is Blind has produced a number of happy couplings since premiering in 2020.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
The first act is formulaic and its plot direction and obvious romantic couplings are forecast from the start.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Islanders couple up while looking to survive re-couplings and avoid being dumped from the villa.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The output is ideally the ground state, the configuration of spins that minimizes the energy given that set of couplings.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplings
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Mountains and forests rush by outside, broken up by junctions, barriers and bridges, the quality of light shifts along with the seasons.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2025
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This repels other migrating ions, acting like a traffic jam at the most important internal junctions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Nov. 2025
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For instance, red geysers that showed signs of galaxy interactions or past minor mergers contained much more inflowing gas.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Under reporting requirements to antitrust enforcers, companies are obligated to provide notice of large mergers, including hostile bids.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Podrabinek captures the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident’s life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Featuring women at the intersections of gender, age, disability, and disease, Pinjar is a nuanced illustration of this.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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The deal, if approved, would mark one of the largest media consolidations in recent years and fundamentally reshape Netflix’s business model to include traditional theatrical distribution for the first time in the company’s history.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Dec. 2025
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While input costs have risen substantially from tariffs, Maxwell said the reason behind rising fertilizer and seed prices have more to do with corporate consolidations and monopolies dominating the input industry.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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Strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness are tested in constantly changing combinations designed to reward the most well-rounded performers.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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Simple combinations like 1111, 4444 and 1234 were used to gain access to the messages waiting in the inbox.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Couplings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplings. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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