couple with

verb

coupled with; coupling with; couples with

: to join or combine (something) with (something else)

The exhibit couples poems with paintings.

—usually used as (be) coupled with

An oil spill coupled with strong winds brought disaster.

The team's win, coupled with a loss by their rivals, put them in first place.

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Brighton have made strong starts in each of Hurzeler’s campaigns to date — 15 and 12 points in 2024 and 2025 respectively in the first eight league games, coupled with progress through the early rounds of the Carabao Cup. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Cacti and wildflowers bloom across the state and federal land around Big Bend, which coupled with even larger nature preserves across the border are part of the Chihuahuan desert, the largest such ecosystem in North America. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, coupled with changing atmospheric conditions, in which the typical east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 That, coupled with the rising prices of, well, everything, led me to start searching for multifunctional products that would save me both time and money. — Natalie Labarbera, InStyle, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for couple with

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