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pairs

British  
/ pɛəz /

plural noun

  1. another name for Pelmanism

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“This year we saw about 100 adult whales, only five of which were in momma-baby pairs.”

From Los Angeles Times

Their rivals were three other pairs of colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal

To understand those consequences, we asked pairs of interviewees—employees and their direct supervisors—about their use of generative AI tools, ranging from content creation and legal research to data analysis.

From Barron's

Majorana particles come in pairs that together behave like a single electron, but individually act in fundamentally different ways.

From Science Daily

With more data, the team hopes to confirm whether the red giant truly formed through a past stellar merger and to better understand how these quiet black hole pairs develop over time.

From Science Daily