quintuplet
noun
, -ˈtü-, -ˈtyü-; ˈkwin-tə-
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The quintuplets are named Olivia Marie, Ava Lane, Hazel Grace, Parker Kate, and Riley Paige. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Everything You Need to Know About the Busby Quints, the Cutest Stars of 'OutDaughtered'," 10 July 2018 The quintuplets remained in the hospital's NICU until July, three months later. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Everything You Need to Know About the Busby Quints, the Cutest Stars of 'OutDaughtered'," 10 July 2018 The national average gestation period for quintuplet deliveries is a little less than 27 weeks, according to Elliott. — Adrian Marsh, azcentral, "Family of 4 becomes 9: Scott quintuplets delivered at 29 weeks in Phoenix," 23 Mar. 2018 After 29 weeks, the Scott quintuplets could no longer wait for their big debut. — Adrian Marsh, azcentral, "Family of 4 becomes 9: Scott quintuplets delivered at 29 weeks in Phoenix," 23 Mar. 2018 Adam and Danielle Busby and their pack of quintuplet daughters will be back for a new season of Outdaughtered on TLC. — Eileen Reslen, Country Living, "'Outdaughtered' Renewed for New Season on TLC," 12 Apr. 2018 The couple—who run the popular Instagram and Facebook pages, Five Two Love, which documents their family’s journey—recently revealed the genders of the quintuplets over a Facebook Live video right from their doctor’s office. — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, "Couple Expecting Quintuplets 'in Awe' After Struggling to Conceive for Five Years," 30 Jan. 2018 Last May, Briana and Jordan Driskell welcomed quintuplets after years of infertility struggles. — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, "Baby Quintuplets Celebrate 9 Months with Adorable Harry Potter-Themed Photo Shoot," 6 Feb. 2018 Most recent data shows there were just 24 quintuplet or sextuplet deliveries out of 3.9 million total births nationwide in 2015. — Anna Beahm, AL.com, "Huntsville Hospital welcomes first set of sextuplets born at the hospital," 13 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quintuplet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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