Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pairing off
Verb
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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 cam has followed Jackie and Shadow, who have been mating since 2018, and made the birds worldwide celebrities and regular fixtures of morning TV shows.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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But these flourishes don’t seem essential for mating.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Pairing off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pairing%20off. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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