as in pair
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church
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Recent Examples of couplet
The couplet that starts the forty-ninth poem, quoted above, roots the reader nicely in sight and sound and therefore place.
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Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
In this poem, the couplets are reversed for no reason.
—Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
As a tradition, many families put red paper decorations on the windows and the doors with couplets which also called chunlian.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
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Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
In this poem, the couplets are reversed for no reason.
—Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
As a tradition, many families put red paper decorations on the windows and the doors with couplets which also called chunlian.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couplet
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The pair were spotted holding hands in photographs obtained by The Daily Mail on Tuesday, amid rumors of a split between Trump Jr. and his fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle.Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The pair got engaged in 2019 and then split in December 2021.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The pair are one of the most high profile couples in American pop culture, and that means one thing and one thing only: there are already a lot of memes about the engagement spreading across social media.Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The couple are also parents to son Lorenzo Dominic, 11, and daughter Giovanna Marie, 10.Angel Saunders, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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One of the newest entertainment offerings onboard is a traveling duo named Sage and Coriander, who do pop-up entertainment, games, and more in a streetmosphere style.Megan duBois, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In one photo, the lookalike mother-daughter duo poses together, with Watts in an off-the-shoulder white dress and Kai in a black halter-top dress.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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That is, until DARPA initiated its SPRINT program aimed at making the twain meet in an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a rotorcraft and then transition into a jet when in vertical flight.David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Victorian world was cleft in twain, with men on one side, and women on the other.Hugh Ryan, Town & Country, 25 May 2022
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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couplet. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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