Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pairing off
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After meeting back in 1966 and coupling up in 1983, Hawn and Russell have now been together for more than four decades.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Each season, a group of singles stay in a villa with the goal of coupling up or risk banishment.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The most likely explanation for this mirror image pattern is mating behavior.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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His team found an association between a symbol that looks like the letter Y and the time at which the animals depicted on the object gave birth, as well as a link between an X and the time of year the animals were seen mating.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Pairing off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pairing%20off. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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