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as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the treble shrieks of children at play
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as in triple
having three units or parts
a treble painting, with each panel telling a different part of the Nativity story
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Recent Examples of treble
The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, including potential treble damages under California’s elder abuse and fraud statutes.
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Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
United let in a whopping 20 more goals than Arsene Wenger’s side in that campaign and kept 10 fewer clean sheets (13 to Arsenal’s 23) but did enough at the other end to win the last English league title of the 1900s by a single point, the first part of a historic treble.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Barcelona picked up a domestic treble as the side continued its stranglehold on Spanish soccer but the 27-year-old will no doubt be disappointed after losing two major finals against English opposition.
—David Close, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
The result is a bass response increase from 4dB to 6dB and treble that’s up to 4dB better.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
United let in a whopping 20 more goals than Arsene Wenger’s side in that campaign and kept 10 fewer clean sheets (13 to Arsenal’s 23) but did enough at the other end to win the last English league title of the 1900s by a single point, the first part of a historic treble.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Barcelona picked up a domestic treble as the side continued its stranglehold on Spanish soccer but the 27-year-old will no doubt be disappointed after losing two major finals against English opposition.
—David Close, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
The result is a bass response increase from 4dB to 6dB and treble that’s up to 4dB better.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treble
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What's more, this door alarm features three sensitivity levels and emits a loud, shrill sound that will instantly scare an intruder away.—
Stephanie Gray,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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When Nosferatu showed his corpselike face, the Wonder Morton’s Vox Humana (human voice) and concert-flute pipes buzzed together in a shrill cluster.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Double-panes and triple-panes will increase insulation, reduce noise, and lower your energy bill.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
10 Jan. 2026
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His short program Thursday night, which began with a quad salchow and ended with a triple-triple combination, was good enough to briefly give him the lead, and keep him in the mix heading into Saturday’s free skate.—
Dave Skretta,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Treble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treble. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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