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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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Recent Examples of coupled
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
The stock market has become more strongly coupled to the Fed.
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George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
If dark matter is coupled to dark energy, dark matter particles could interact with one another through a new, long-range force that is separate from gravity.
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Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
America coupled Caleb up with Kenzie, Jen with Gabriel, and Sol with Sincere.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
Divorcees and the widowed may face a higher risk of death than those who are still coupled up, a new study reveals.
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Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
For six weeks, candidates are coupled up to compete in challenges and games, attempting not to get voted off the island by viewers.
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Zuri Primos
june 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
As of Day 3, Aniya Harvey is coupled up with KC Chandler; Beatriz Hatz is with Gabriel Vasconcelos; Bryce Dettloff is paired with Trinity Tatum; Kayda Bosse is with Zach Georgiou; and Melanie Moreno remains coupled with Sincere Rhea.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
And in most cases, everyone must be coupled up to stay on the show.
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Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Verb
For the project, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, directly coupled concentrating photovoltaic cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer cells.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
The stock market has become more strongly coupled to the Fed.
—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
If dark matter is coupled to dark energy, dark matter particles could interact with one another through a new, long-range force that is separate from gravity.
—
Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
America coupled Caleb up with Kenzie, Jen with Gabriel, and Sol with Sincere.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
Divorcees and the widowed may face a higher risk of death than those who are still coupled up, a new study reveals.
—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
For six weeks, candidates are coupled up to compete in challenges and games, attempting not to get voted off the island by viewers.
—
Zuri Primos
june 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
As of Day 3, Aniya Harvey is coupled up with KC Chandler; Beatriz Hatz is with Gabriel Vasconcelos; Bryce Dettloff is paired with Trinity Tatum; Kayda Bosse is with Zach Georgiou; and Melanie Moreno remains coupled with Sincere Rhea.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
And in most cases, everyone must be coupled up to stay on the show.
—
Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coupled
Adjective
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Furthermore, Morris believes that the tvScientific acquisition expands Pinterest’s reach into connected TV advertising, expanding the value of the platform’s users offsite.
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By simply looking at the exam paper, the glasses could transmit questions to a connected AI large language models, which generated answers and displayed them on the lenses.
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As of 2026, Vacaville spends 67% of its general fund on the Police and Fire Departments combined.
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This scale dwarfs European and North American national markets combined, creating an enormous economy of scale for manufacturers of black paints.
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The structural glazing is cleverly integrated into the hull and superstructure, with each pane of glass uniquely shaped and tinted to blend seamlessly with the steel and aluminum.
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After President Harry Truman integrated our military in 1948, the Army tried the color-blind approach.
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In the backyard, guests will find a large swimming pool with an attached jacuzzi and a two-car garage.
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Outdoors, a large rectangular swimming pool bordered by red bricks and a flagstone terrace anchors a sprawling backyard filled with flat lawns and towering trees, and topping it all off is a separate guesthouse, plus a basketball court next to an attached three-car garage.
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The real breakthrough is continuous data lineage fused with identity-aware governance, where every dataset, permission and transfer is traceable in real time.
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Gompers’s line drawings fused Heinz Edelmann with the woodblock frontispiece of the Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra.
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Law enforcement also linked Sanchez-Munoz to a June 11 shooting in which a vehicle occupied by an adult and a child was hit by gunfire in the area of Seventh Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Bryant said fast-growing counties in the Central Valley tend to have lower rates of college attainment, which research has consistently linked to lower voter participation.
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In 1918, a neighboring property sale recorded inaccurate boundaries that improperly absorbed the cemetery into an adjacent parcel — the first of decades of land transfers that gradually left the burial ground isolated and inaccessible.
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Netflix has also moved aggressively into entertainment-adjacent sectors, such as videogames and live experiences.
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“Coupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coupled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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