in a couple of weeks vs in a couple weeks

Both 'in a couple of weeks' and 'in a couple weeks' are correct, have the same meaning, and can be used interchangeably.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"in a couple of weeks"

This phrase is used to indicate a period of approximately two weeks in the future.

Examples:

I will be back in a couple of weeks.
The project will be completed in a couple of weeks.

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You should be showing in a couple of weeks.
Birkhoff said the op would go active in a couple of weeks.
She'll be done in a couple of weeks.
It usually comes off in a couple of weeks.
But we're going back in a couple of weeks...
I'm coming in a couple of weeks to visit.
The machines will be here in a couple of weeks.
Usually toxoplasmosis is benign and resolves itself in a couple of weeks.
Mina turns 21 in a couple of weeks.
With luck, it will pass in a couple of weeks.
Your scars and hematomas will disappear in a couple of weeks.
We start fabrication in a couple of weeks.
He hopes... in a couple of weeks.
Turn 18 in a couple of weeks.
Fido-Fly's going belly-up in a couple of weeks.
Fill that prescription out should be okay in a couple of weeks.
No contractions, hydrops should resolve in a couple of weeks.
Presidential elections are being held in Nigeria in a couple of weeks.
I'll be ready for my next assignment in a couple of weeks.
Starry Hope runs in a couple of weeks, and I need big bucks to bet with, man.

Alternatives:

in a few weeks
in a couple of days
in a couple of months
in a couple of years
in a couple of hours

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"in a couple weeks"

This phrase is used to indicate a period of approximately two weeks in the future.

Examples:

I will be back in a couple weeks.
The project will be completed in a couple weeks.

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My callback's in a couple weeks.
You think it'll get better in a couple weeks.
They say the swelling should go down in a couple weeks.
Jamie could walk out of this hospital in a couple weeks, go on to live a relatively normal life.
Look, man, I'm turning seventeen in a couple weeks.
I'm supposed to marry Howard in a couple weeks and I'm not sure I even know who the man is anymore.
I think they're done in a couple weeks.
My video about to drop in a couple weeks.
Six-month anniversary was coming up in a couple weeks.
I ship out in a couple weeks.
Anyway, I'm having a party in a couple weeks.
I've got an appeals hearing in a couple weeks.
And no, I don't have any symptoms and I'll get my test results back in a couple weeks.
You know, in a couple weeks, once he's finished, I'll miraculously discover his completed manuscript at a yard sale or something.
"Ennis, see you in a couple weeks,"
Listen, in a couple weeks we will have everything we wanted.
Now, if you want Dapper Dan, I can have it in a couple weeks.
This is very early rehearsal footage, but the finished work's on tour and is actually coming through L.A. in a couple weeks.
Well, there is a race up in Aqueduct in a couple weeks.
I'll probably get you back out on the road in a couple weeks.

Alternatives:

in a few weeks
in a couple of days
in a couple of months
in a couple of years
in a couple of hours

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