PAIRED OFF Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

paired off

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past tense of pair off

as in coupled

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When such plasma is strongly coupled, the dust grains can’t fly past each other instead behave like elastic rubber.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Keep the model layer, retrieval layer, semantic layer and integration layer loosely coupled wherever possible.

— Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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