variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Carthen also took to Instagram, uploading a quartet of glamorous selfies taken at the airport to her Stories.
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In an interview with Deadline, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, addressed the quartet’s performance and the status of additional seasons already ordered for The Pitt, AKOTSK and Heated Rivalry while hinting that a Season 5 of Industry may not be far behind.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Of that quartet, Actress nominee Renate Reinsve’s role was written for her by Trier, while Supporting Actor frontrunner Stellan Skarsgård was also a director choice.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
Carthen also took to Instagram, uploading a quartet of glamorous selfies taken at the airport to her Stories.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2026
In an interview with Deadline, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, addressed the quartet’s performance and the status of additional seasons already ordered for The Pitt, AKOTSK and Heated Rivalry while hinting that a Season 5 of Industry may not be far behind.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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