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Recent Examples of pair off
Stay in the neutrals family by topping this grey wool pair off with a simple white button-down and lightweight black jacket.
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Christina Holevas, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
But in this season, competitors will pair off in teams of two, a touch that is new to the holiday adaptation.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
As the rest of the ladies get foot massages for Julia, who apparently is coming forward with her kinks, Alexia and Stephanie pair off and go chat in the mud room.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Christina Holevas, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
But in this season, competitors will pair off in teams of two, a touch that is new to the holiday adaptation.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
As the rest of the ladies get foot massages for Julia, who apparently is coming forward with her kinks, Alexia and Stephanie pair off and go chat in the mud room.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pair off
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The seven Harry Potter books are canon; fan fiction that couples Hermione and Malfoy is not.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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The first, is to use large-scale solar energy as in the form of agrivoltaics that couples large scale solar farms with an increase in agricultural products.—
Joshua Pearce,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Hamsters are territorial, and females frequently kick the male out after mating.—
Noel Kirkpatrick,
Treehugger,
20 Jan. 2026
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Kākāpō are known as a quirky species (one male bird named Sirocco is credited with inspiring the party parrot emoji after a clip of him seemingly attempting to mate on the head of a BBC documentarian went viral in 2009).—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Pair off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pair%20off. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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