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"a couple words" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate a small number or a small amount of something. It can be used in a variety of contexts, such as describing a task that will only take a short amount of time, referring to a brief conversation or message, or specifying a small amount of information needed for a particular task. Example: "Could you give me a couple words on how to fix this issue?" This sentence indicates that the speaker only needs a brief explanation or a few tips to solve the problem.
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First, a couple words about risk management.
A couple words about anti-Americanism in our society.
"He said a couple words, I took it in a bad way," Rodriguez said.
"He gave us a couple words and he got us together," Ferguson said yesterday.
GF: It falls into somewhere between a very schematic outline, where everything is, you know, in a couple words, a, b, c, d, and almost a first draft.
Professor John Geanakoplos: So for those of you who weren't here yesterday or, last class, first class, I'll say a couple words about what happened, basically four words.
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This might be because of a mere couple words' difference.
You'd learn a couple of words of Italian, a couple of words of whatever, and you'd use them with patients and think you were being very clever".
Back in the early eighties, he worked on the Post 's copy desk, bashing out headlines to accompany news stories that rarely ran beyond a couple hundred words.
Simmonds said he did not remember the words used in the exchange with Avery but did say he used "a couple swear words".
I tweaked a couple of words.
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