coupling
noun
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connection, join, joining, joint, jointure, junction, juncture
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The summer's most talked-about coupling is, without a doubt, Gigi Hadid and Bachelorette star Tyler Cameron. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "A Complete Timeline of Gigi Hadid and Tyler Cameron’s Dates," 16 Aug. 2019 Reinhart was also reluctant to discuss the coupling. — Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, "Riverdale's Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart Split After 2 Years: Reports," 22 July 2019 Even with multiple processors, the coupling between bits means that one processor spends a fair bit of time waiting for results from its neighbors. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Light-based computer may parallelize 10-megabit computations," 13 June 2019 Since their coupling, Xisca has received a degree in business and now works at the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy in Mallorca, according to CNN. — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, "Rafael Nadal and His Future Wife Xisca Perelló Are Reportedly Getting Married in October," 15 Aug. 2019 There is a tacit tradition of interracial coupling that begins with black performers having to enter white spaces and endure, from Sammy Davis Jr. to Jack Johnson to Billie Holiday and Orson Welles. — Harmonyholiday, Longreads, "Mama Looks for Melanin," 6 June 2019 Between all the surprise engagements, terrible engagements!, confusing how did that even happen couplings and how did that even happen uncouplings, spring and summer have kept everyone guessing. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Rejoice in This Video of Jennifer Lopez Singing “Don't Stop Believin’” to Alex Rodriguez on a Yacht," 7 Aug. 2018 The ponies were registered as a breed in 1994, and legions of obsessives document each stallion’s band of mares and track their couplings on Facebook, and local shops sell catalogs of the animals. — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, "Following in the Wake of a Storybook Pony," 8 July 2019 Artists as gardeners have been a common coupling throughout history. — Kitty Leshay, courant.com, "Visitors Flock To Art And Garden Tour," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coupling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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