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  • noun Plural form of pairing.

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Examples

  • The idea of animal/human pairings is a huge sub-genre.

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jane Yolen on 'The Elephant's Bride' 2010

  • The problem with food pairings is that so many back labels simply list a string of foods from cupcakes to chicken vindaloo and everything in between, all in fifteen words or less.

    What do you want on a back label? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • But the meeting of anatomy at some point evolved in myriad directions: into long-term pairings centered around raising young; groups of related individuals living together; unions of same-sex, non-mating animals for protection or companionship or both; even alliances between cooperative neighbors.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • But the meeting of anatomy at some point evolved in myriad directions: into long-term pairings centered around raising young; groups of related individuals living together; unions of same-sex, non-mating animals for protection or companionship or both; even alliances between cooperative neighbors.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • My favorite thing is the back to back title pairings of a line from an Adam Sandler sketch to a Lord of the Flies reference.

    SUCKS TO YOUR ASCOT 2008

  • Outside the Lines on Sunday on whether male coaches are discriminated against in pairings for the women's tourney that ESPN televises.

    USATODAY.com - Packer is beyond 'Brink' of overreacting 2002

  • To call the pairings is a bit of a misnomer, since there are three golfers per group, at least early in the tournament.

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Jon Azpiri 2010

  • I’m not disposed to sit around making elaborate lists all day, but if you wanted to do this, I think you’d want a set of cultural categories and a set of philosophical ones, though of course certain pairings are a lot more common than others.

    32 Flavors… of FREEDOM 2009

  • I’m not disposed to sit around making elaborate lists all day, but if you wanted to do this, I think you’d want a set of cultural categories and a set of philosophical ones, though of course certain pairings are a lot more common than others.

    32 Flavors… of FREEDOM 2009

  • This is a book of kinky word pairings, a book of shameless SELF EXCLAIMING, a list of assertions, a book of titles that trumpet themselves.

    Strange Bedfellows Lemon Hound 2009

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