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- noun Plural form of
pairing .
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Examples
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The idea of animal/human pairings is a huge sub-genre.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jane Yolen on 'The Elephant's Bride' 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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