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pair

[pair] / pɛər /




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In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI said the culprits were a pair of its models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Ferguson recalled that the pair bumped into each other at Wentworth Golf Club a few weeks after the end of the season and there was no animosity as they spent time together.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

He found that widely separated pairs of stars, known as binaries, are less common after one member of the pair becomes a white dwarf.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

This man wouldn’t even let kids he’d thrown together from God knows where get to know each other, much less hire a pair of friends!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Based on the true story of a reform school where Black boys went missing, the novel pairs the stories of two teens, one a troublemaker and the other caught up by mistake.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

With each new set of daemons Yuru meets, the more he becomes aware that he and Asa are also part of this ecosystem of balanced pairs.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Meta donated more than 100,000 pairs to blind veterans on President Trump’s birthday weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

A similar approach happens at Wimbledon, and in the new Champions League format, at which seeds are kept apart in pairs.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

The researchers paired their XL-MS results with computational structural modeling.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The tangy flavor of the butter, paired with the added saltiness, also helps cut down on the date’s sweetness.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Chris Versace, chief investment officer at Tematica Research, said that IBM’s comments, paired with recent statements made by some of its major customers, including J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Sunhyeji is paired with Minho, a 32-year-old mild-mannered civil servant.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The swapping of genetic information between paired chromosomes is crucial to the mixing and matching of hereditary information between parents.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Staying on the theme of cheese, brie is another phenomenal pairing with dates.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

"It is a tour de force of Yao Xue's PhD thesis work, pairing an innovative approach with exceptional electrophysiological skill."

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Increasingly, luxury resorts and lodges are smoothing the learning curve, pairing upscale accommodations with fully outfitted excursions that take care of the logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

She’d waited quite a while for that pairing, she reminded reporters Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

And in the day’s final pairing, Goghor the Giant would go against Belaquo Bonebreaker.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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