coupled
Britishadjective
Explanation
Things that are coupled are linked or joined together. Coupled train cars are physically attached to each other. A couple is two people who are dating or married, so it makes sense that coupled things or people are connected by some sort of link — and it isn't always love. The coupled efforts of several people can result in a spectacular sand castle, and coupled subway cars make up an entire train, providing room for all the riders. Couple comes from the Old French word cople, "married couple," from the Latin copula, "tie" or "connection."
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A shortage of lawyers, coupled with the complexity in immigration law, has also driven up the price for legal representation, said Toczylowski of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
This confluence of factors coupled with rising wait times and skyrocketing costs of compute are crippling a generation of newcomers trying to compete with Google, Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"But now 2010s throwbacks coupled with a modern twist are seeing huge appetite across the market," says Russell.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"We have captured for the first time how electronic changes associated with proton transfer are coupled to reorganization of the surrounding solvent," said Biasin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Seabiscuit and Greta Garbo can be coupled in the betting from now on,” he wrote in the Times.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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