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couplets

noun

plural of couplet

as in pairs

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 couplets On Linda’s Head, the second album from the shoegaze power trio Helen, Harris delivers some of the most succinct and percussive couplets of her career. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 The couplets exist because from October through April, the water stays layered and still as the dark materials accumulate. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026 Sharon had submitted a dozen couplets about the virtues of stay-at-home motherhood, as well as a rhyming list of reasons to believe in God. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Either way, these couplets start to reveal just how curious this poem is. — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026 As a young child Allen began writing and singing songs while riding in the car with her mother, who taught her about rhyming couplets. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026 Some additional traditions preparing for the lunar new year include putting spring festival couplets on doors or windows and buying new clothes. — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026 And so Andrea had just sort of like collected a couple of pages of couplets, a few stanzas. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026 The title track off his second full-length, The Melancholy Season, pairs a deceptively tricky piano riff and solo with some devastating couplets. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

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On the other, evidence suggests this pair of habitual time-wasters were commonly found on the floor, running laughter through a Yamaha SPX90 effects processor for kicks and strumming the same note for 40-odd minutes.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Once the animals had learned to associate each of the six scents with a particular reward location, researchers started swapping the scent-location pairs.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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These couples are dropping like flies all around us … well, more specifically, all around Heather, who for some reason has become the go-to confidante on this San Francisco trip.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Season 4 dilutes that power across three couples, one of whom occupies the highest office in America.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

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