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as in handful
a small number
there are only a couple of errors in the computer program
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as in pair
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
a couple of socks
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as in to combine
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 to connect
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 couple
Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Its Leadership Experience, typically held every couple of years, was the first since 2019 — three CEOs ago.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 June 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Before her exit and during the premiere episode, Escobar decided to couple up with Ace Greene.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 June 2025
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Noun
The shooter had earlier that morning shot state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their home, but the couple underwent surgery and are in stable condition at the hospital.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Its Leadership Experience, typically held every couple of years, was the first since 2019 — three CEOs ago.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 June 2025
Verb
For some, the pressure to couple up remains intense.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Before her exit and during the premiere episode, Escobar decided to couple up with Ace Greene.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couple
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The new provision would have benefited Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Pritzker’s two-time running mate who’s running for U.S. Senate, and a handful of state legislators who’ve declared their candidacies for the U.S. House.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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But only Lucas and a handful of the faux-film’s other cinematographers are human.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
8 June 2025
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Panthers kill a pair of Oilers power plays to stay up 2-0 When second period play was five-on-five, the Panthers got their forecheck working and were extending some Oilers shifts in the period with the benches farther from the defensive zone.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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As luck would have it, the pair shared an agent with the mega-star.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2025
Verb
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The process can be complicated, but generally, under reconciliation, the goal is to combine spending and revenue provisions into a single bill.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film is deeply atmospheric, combining handmade aesthetics with an emotive, electronic score to craft a meditative journey about separation and connection.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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What about you? Brody: Kristen Bell and I are connected in a few ways.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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The protocol for selection has varied, sometimes rotating across multiple brothers of the same generation or jumping across family trees to cousins, but always theoretically connecting back to the same common ancestor: Jimmu.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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In the books, the duo are in their mid-thirties when the story begins with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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The brothers Stone enlisted bass guitar wonder Larry Graham, who’d been playing in a local jazz duo with his mother.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Verb
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As more sensors enter the mix, there is a growing need for an open architecture that allows new sensors to be quickly integrated into the detection network.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Kinshasa, meanwhile, would have to facilitate the M23’s transition to a legitimate political party and help its combatants integrate into the Congolese army or demobilize.—
Joshua Z. Walker,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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In fact, this is the largest pattern found in nature, with galaxies clumping together to form clusters, stringing themselves along filaments that stretch tens of millions of light-years on a side, and extending along broad walls that separate vast regions of the universe from each other.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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The township officials strung Zhou along for months, then years.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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The state has failed to produce a single piece of evidence linking me to any act of violence or criminality.—
Mahrang Baloch,
Time,
10 June 2025
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There’s only three places where the two are linked.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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“Couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couple. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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