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triangle 1: 1 equilateral, 2 acute, 3 obtuse, 4 scalene, 5 isosceles, 6 right triangle
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In John Doyle’s revival, Anika Noni Rose stars as a femme fatale with David Aron Damane and Clifton Duncan as the other points in this love triangle. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend," 21 June 2018 And Calyx, like a lot of reality TV producers, is really interested in pushing this love triangle to its breaking point. — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, "Tyler Posey on “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare” and Why He Loves Horror," 12 Apr. 2018 So far from being impossibly flat, this triangle would appear unmistakably triangular. — Quanta Magazine, "Solution: ‘Is Infinity Real?’," 30 June 2016 Terra-cotta tones, naturally, are everywhere: splashed through the pattern of a rug, in the triangles of a mural that family friend and artist Laura Spinner hand-painted onto the walls of the dining room. — Robert Ruffino, House Beautiful, "This Gorgeous House Was Inspired by a Southwestern Road Trip," 28 May 2019 In addition to the Greenway’s beautiful welds and curvaceous rear triangle, every part that goes onto it is chosen by you, Weird Science-style. — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, "The Best Commuter Bikes for Any Commute," 16 May 2019 From workplace shakeups to surprise pregnancies and romantic triangles, the Season 5 finale of Younger left fans with a lot of unanswered questions. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Miriam Shor On Season 6 of 'Younger' and How Diana Trout Empowered Her to Pursue Directing," 13 May 2019 Continue making triangular folds until the whole flag is folded into one triangle of blue and white stars. — Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping, "The Proper Etiquette for Flying the American Flag, Including on Memorial Day," 10 May 2019 For years, the epicenter of the conflict has been in a triangle of towns and cities in the northeast corner of Sinai on the Mediterranean coast. — Brian Rohan, Fox News, "Egypt arming Sinai tribesmen in fight against Islamic State," 27 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'triangle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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