pairs

/ pɛəz /

plural noun

1. another name for Pelmanism

Example Sentences

The women's and pairs crowns will be decided on Saturday, the same day the men's and ice dance competitions begin.

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Kids are chatting or walking—solo, in pairs or trios—and a mother or granny holds a girl’s hand, probably waiting for an older sibling to come out of school.

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These interactions allow electrons to pair up into what are known as Cooper pairs, which move in sync through the material, avoiding atomic collisions and preventing energy loss as heat.

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Lately I’ve been thinking about embracing my problem and adopting the stiff, scowling 19th-century portrait position, but that pairs even worse with a beaming kid.

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But critics say the program, which pairs licensed specialists with officers in unmarked cars, is failing in the crucial initial minutes of encounters when multiple police shootings of mentally ill people have occurred.

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Related Words

• combination 
• couple 
• duo 
• match 
• team 
• two