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as in handfuls
a small number
there are only a couple of errors in the computer program
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as in pairs
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
a couple of socks
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as in combines
to come together to form a single unit
at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio
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as in connects
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room
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Recent Examples of couples
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
In the 1960s, Weiss, the sociologist, published research on married couples who moved to the Boston area from another state.
—Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Married couples filing jointly would pay no state income tax on their first $100,000.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Jan. 2026
For example, this can look like relationships leveling up, power couples forming or passionate productivity sparking in professional or goal-oriented settings.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The two couples collected a temporary food permit and made cupcakes in their kitchens.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Both singles and couples are welcome.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Tuesday night, couples are dancing to songs featured in past freestyle numbers.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Online, 80 percent of Shein’s clients are women, but in store, since its opening on Wednesday, families, couples and friends all shopping together, according to Merlin.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint.
—Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
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Reagan and Wyman were among the most powerful couples in Hollywood at the time of adoption, having met on the set of the 1938 military comedy Brother Rat, and with Wyman winning an Oscar for her performance in the gritty drama Johnny Belinda in 1948.
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Boston Dynamics couples perception (IMUs, cameras, possibly LiDAR) with these controllers to enable rapid reflexive responses.
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Sprinkle a few handfuls of wood ashes around your hydrangea in early spring and water it in.—
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Police said three masked suspects committed that robbery and pepper-sprayed an employee before escaping with handfuls of merchandise.—
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The pair were first linked in August 2023.—
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Each tank holds 40 liters, and each cleaning cycle uses roughly one liter of water per pair of shoes.—
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The new device combines this century-old turbine concept with modern triboelectric materials.—
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No other hotel combines the storied grandeur, the stylish Art Deco decor, the roster of legendary visitors, and that afternoon tea.—
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For members of the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, a coalition of nonprofits that operates a hotline for reports of ICE activity and connects residents with legal and community support, the risk is not theoretical.—
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Disneyland's monorail is a historic transportation system that connects the park.—
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Venus fuses with combative Mars in your 3rd House of Communication, mixing tenderness with intensity and pushing for words that match actions.—
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Security grows as the Sun fuses with sweet Venus in your 2nd House of Manifestation, reinvigorating you to chase financial goals.—
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Sunny skies by day often bring clear nightscapes after dark, so soak up the starry splendor on the Tucson Astro Trail, which links 12 area observatories and dark-sky parks.—
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The route links the campus to downtown stops near the Capitol.—
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Not knowing what to say or do compounds the pain.—
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In these special kinds of systems, even a minuscule amount of uncertainty in the measurement of the initial state of a system very quickly compounds into complete ignorance about its future behavior.—
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Cheniere Partners also owns a Corpus Christi liquefaction facility and a connected pipeline, as well as Creole Trail Pipeline, which interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with a number of large interstate and intrastate pipelines.—
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“Couples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couples. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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