pair off

as in to couple

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  • Throughout their stay in a tropical oasis, Islanders will couple up to face brand new heart-racing challenges and bigger twists and turns than ever before.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Programs like Wharton's executive education courses on responsible AI exemplify this approach, coupling technical proficiency with ethical reasoning.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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  • But the pair hypothesized something more dynamic: that color vision evolved around the same time as a color signal, such as flashy fruit, attractive flowers, mating colors or warning signs.
    Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • An 8-speed dual-clutch transmission is mated to the engine.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
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“Pair off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pair%20off. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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