In a few weeks vs in a couple of weeks

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and convey a similar meaning of something happening within a short period of time, typically two to three weeks. The choice between 'a few weeks' and 'a couple of weeks' is a matter of personal preference.

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In a few weeks

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate something happening within a short period of time, typically two to three weeks.

This phrase is used to refer to an event or action that will occur within a short period, usually around two to three weeks.

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In a few weeks, I come back to 2010...
In a few weeks, it will be a year.
In a few weeks, we had slipped back into old habits.
In a few weeks they had the 3-D design ready.
In a few weeks, we'll be philosophy buddies.
In a few weeks our loan is due.
In a few weeks, Zoe can have her pie.
In a few weeks, you'll be with your new client.
In a few weeks I won't be Pam Byrnes.
In a few weeks Glee Club will be finished.
MARX: In a few weeks we shall mark the tenth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on Justification.
In a few weeks, I will be moving to London, starting a whole new life.
In a few weeks, I'm going to be in jail, so none of this even matters.
In a few weeks, Ari won't remember your name.
In a few weeks, I'm coming through new york on business.
In a few weeks' time, the Japanese army secured control of the East-West corridor between the Gulf of Chihli (today Bo Hai) and Beijing.
In a few weeks' time the Commission will present its views on the road towards building a state-of-the-art supervisory framework in Europe.
It's almost time. In a few weeks the new season goes again.
In a few weeks you will have been a priest for forty years.
In a few weeks, she will leave her position, because of reaching the age of retirement.

Alternatives:

in a couple of weeks
in a few weeks' time
in a few weeks from now
in a few weeks' notice
in a few weeks' vacation

in a couple of weeks

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate something happening within a short period of time, typically two to three weeks.

This phrase is used to refer to an event or action that will occur within a short period, usually around two to three 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 weeks' time
in a couple of weeks from now
in a couple of weeks' notice
in a couple of weeks' vacation

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