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adj. - Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks; Joined together especially in a pair or pairs.

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  • Miss Bart felt an inward motion of annoyance: it was distasteful enough to hear her name coupled with Trenor’s, and on Rosedale’s lips the allusion was peculiarly...
  • In the New World, Spain coupled religious orthodoxy with political conquest.
  • "Son, I've heard your name coupled with gamblers -- and that Stanton woman."
  • My whole ambition, as I told you in my letter, is to have my name coupled with this discovery.
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  • To be "coupled" means to be joined together, as in a marriage, while a "couplet" is a poetic unit of two lines.
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