1
as in junctions
a place where two or more things are united
the coupling between two train cars
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as in mergers
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis
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Recent Examples of couplings
That revulsion, though, is usually expressed tonally rather than verbally—in the loveless couplings, or in the cold white privacy of yet another bathroom stall.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
But, while the couplings appeared to take, the red pigeon never appeared to fertilize the eggs of his new partner.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Dec. 2025
Love Is Blind has produced a number of happy couplings since premiering in 2020.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
The first act is formulaic and its plot direction and obvious romantic couplings are forecast from the start.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Islanders couple up while looking to survive re-couplings and avoid being dumped from the villa.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The output is ideally the ground state, the configuration of spins that minimizes the energy given that set of couplings.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplings
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Mountains and forests rush by outside, broken up by junctions, barriers and bridges, the quality of light shifts along with the seasons.—
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This repels other migrating ions, acting like a traffic jam at the most important internal junctions.—
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This, coupled with the fact that dark stars could have existed before normal stars, would allow supermassive black holes to form much faster than the standard chain of black hole mergers thought to create supermassive black holes.—
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As Piskorski noted, that environment makes mergers and the cost savings associated with them even more appealing.—
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In the capital, long a traditional opposition bastion, armored trucks and soldiers have already settled at key intersections and roundabouts.—
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Follow these roads to their intersections with County Road W.—
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Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred?—
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The deal, if approved, would mark one of the largest media consolidations in recent years and fundamentally reshape Netflix’s business model to include traditional theatrical distribution for the first time in the company’s history.—
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While input costs have risen substantially from tariffs, Maxwell said the reason behind rising fertilizer and seed prices have more to do with corporate consolidations and monopolies dominating the input industry.—
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The duo provide Lee with more options and allows for various new floor combinations.—
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Whether opting for the Chef’s tasting menu or à la carte, every plate feels like a little artwork—from the olive, anise, and fennel bread staggered on podiums to the sweet finale (expect imaginative combinations such as a honey milk and hay pudding).—
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“Couplings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplings. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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