COUPLED Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in connected

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verb

past tense of couple

as in combined

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 integrated

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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Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 The chips are coupled via a small piezoelectric disc that flexes when the qubit's electric field changes. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026 Regardless if single or coupled up, use this time to focus on trust, vulnerability, and integrity in union. — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026 Fans hoping to see Sally happily coupled up with Gary, a dreamy detective with heterochromia, will be disappointed. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026 Many guests are coupled up, on a babymoon, or have returned with a newborn in tow. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026 She was specifically frustrated with Sol claiming Bryce pulled Kayda for a chat four or five times in the villa, despite being coupled up with Trinity. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 Moreno and Rhea coupled up on their first day in the villa and for that week were one of the show’s most inseparable pairs. — Paula Mejía, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

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As the world has become more and more connected, governments have retreated from global problems.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Some of the most interesting AI features require compatible Apple devices, and buying into Apple's connected home could get expensive.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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By 2015, New Atlas was covering innovations such as the Diamond Hotend, which combined three filament feeds into a single nozzle, although even that approach could produce waste towers when changing colors.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
The gusty offshore winds combined with very warm and dry conditions will maintain Red Flag Warnings for most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Saturday.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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In the initial phase of testing, Waymo mapped the streets in the areas where the company planned to operate, then integrated the Waymo Driver software with local lighting and traffic safety configurations.

— Henry Payne, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Boise State formally integrated ExtraMile Arena — formerly called BSU Pavilion and Taco Bell Arena — under Boise State Athletics earlier this year.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of integrated

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Upon passing through a deep portico entryway abutting an attached two-car garage, a vaulted reception gallery sits beneath a prominent glass atrium.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
Dragon will stay attached to the ISS for about a month, then head back down to Earth with scientific experiments and other hardware.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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His personal agony fused with despair over the military government, which continued to crack down on democracy activists.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Long before then, Basquiat had become a legend, an icon of a decade that fused the liberations of Downtown with the frustrations of Uptown.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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The Irish production and distribution shingle, which specializes in horror and adjacent genre movies, is handling worldwide sales on the film, which recently wrapped principal photography.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Neighbors say deer could potentially be impaled, and there’s also the threat of raw sewage backing up into adjacent houses.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Oct. 2026

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