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  • plural of couple.
  • present tense form of couple (3rd person singular).
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None of the thousands of couples I’ve worked with over the past 30 years have ever told me they wished they’d bought a fancier car.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

He and his “Fernwood” sidekick Fred Willard played one of primetime’s first gay couples on “Roseanne,” and Mull guest-hosted “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” 30 times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

So at present most married couples can potentially leave £1m without paying inheritance tax.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Walking was the most common form of shared exercise reported by couples in the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

For example, some evolutionary psychologists argue that ancient foraging bands were not composed of nuclear families centred on monogamous couples.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari



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