1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six: such as
a
: the performers of a sextet
b
: a hockey team
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The Florida Lotto top prize in Saturday’s drawing will be $14 million after nobody hit the main drawing sextet of 2, 4, 43, 48, 52 and 53.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
All six panelists have the Bills-Bengals game being decided by four points or less, while the sextet believes the Chiefs-Texans game will be decided by no more than five points.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
The film’s aforementioned sextet of principal stars are also very much in contention — DiCaprio and Infiniti in the lead acting categories, the others in the supporting acting categories.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
There are also a number of excellent quartets and sextets throughout, where the characters bring Mozart’s complex melodies and vocal structures to life.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
All six panelists have the Bills-Bengals game being decided by four points or less, while the sextet believes the Chiefs-Texans game will be decided by no more than five points.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
The film’s aforementioned sextet of principal stars are also very much in contention — DiCaprio and Infiniti in the lead acting categories, the others in the supporting acting categories.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
There are also a number of excellent quartets and sextets throughout, where the characters bring Mozart’s complex melodies and vocal structures to life.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sextet. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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sextet
noun
sex·tet
sek-ˈstet 
1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six
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