- present participle of pair.
pairing
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Publicis is pairing AI-powered marketing with strong client retention, growing free cash flow, and a major data acquisition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Yet surely no-one inside the club would have expected the teenage duo to be the centre-back pairing for most of Liverpool's opening pre-season fixture.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Turns out pairing Carmelo Anthony, Trevor Ariza, Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, DeAndre Jordan and, yes, Russell Westbrook was a recipe for a truly awful 33-win team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Staying on the theme of cheese, brie is another phenomenal pairing with dates.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was pretty chocolaty, but I could imagine pairing it with peanut butter.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
He describes how scientists in the 1970s found around 15% of Western gulls formed same-sex pairings - a discovery that sparked a moral panic and even threats to defund their research.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
After the pair were connected by podcaster Shawn Ryan, Biden sat down for a two-hour interview at Owens’ Nashville home studio in what is one of the year’s most surprising pairings.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
Think of James Fenimore Cooper’s Natty Bumppo and Chingachgook, Herman Melville’s Ishmael and Queequeg, Twain’s Huck and Jim—or even the black-and-white buddy pairings common to Hollywood action movies of the 1980s and after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
In another corner, guests try fragrance pairings, scents expertly paired with drinks, letting the aroma and flavors mingle through their senses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The Rosenwald organizers, catching Bobby’s implication that they’d colluded to make the pairings more favorable for some, expressed outrage at his protest.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
