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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So the pair huddled together awaiting a rescue that never came, becoming two of the first victims of the unprecedented firestorms still raging across L.A. County.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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The family lost their Altadena home — and Avery had time to bring only a handful of items, including medication and a pair of sunglasses.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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During the last couple of days, several cities in the South experienced their largest snowstorm in years, and record totals in many cases.—
Daniel Amarante,
ABC News,
11 Jan. 2025
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The couple’s Montecito pad is about 90 miles north of LA and outside of current evacuation zones.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
10 Jan. 2025
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The duo worked together through the end of the 2019 season, when Pearn retired from life as a crew chief.—
Joseph Wolkin,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, the duo built a large, devoted following both in Charlotte and in syndication, even as their home station burned through several owners.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
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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 Jan. 2025.
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