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pairwise

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[pair-wahyz] / ˈpɛərˌwaɪz /

adverb

  1. in pairs or as a pair; with two at a time.


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“The main reason for this is the lower risk of U.S. equities and a below-average pairwise correlation to other markets.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 4, 2025

Their pairwise kinship comparisons between the living descendant, S.W.

From Science Daily Mar. 28, 2024

Another predicts pairwise interactions between amino acids within the protein, and a third compiles the putative 3D structure.

From Science Magazine Jul. 15, 2021

In 1986 social scientist John Angle first described the movement and distribution of wealth as arising from pairwise transactions among a collection of “economic agents,” which could be individuals, households, companies, funds or other entities.

From Scientific American Oct. 30, 2019

But the same mathematics that makes direct pairwise conflict resolution inefficient in large societies makes direct pairwise economic transfers also inefficient.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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