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Examples of triplex in a Sentence
Adjective
a triplex house that features a separate apartment on each floor
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
Finding that Trump inflated the value of his triplex at Trump Tower by between $114 and $207 million, Engoron called out Trump for describing the property as three times its actual size to support his valuation.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
In East Los Angeles, Adams took control of a dilapidated triplex, sold it and tried to bill the estate $530,000 before an angry judge cut the amount by more than half.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Kendall Roy’s Manhattan triplex located at 180 East 88th Street is currently on the market.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
In 2017, The Real Deal picked up a presale filing suggesting a $75 million asking price for a triplex.
—Curbed, 5 July 2023
The artist figured the triplex would provide steady income as well as help fund her retirement.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 26 June 2023
Perched atop the Hampshire House building on Billionaires’ Row, this 10,000-square-foot triplex is one of the most iconic residences in all of Manhattan—and construction has yet to begin.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2022
Which leaves the $62 million triplex.
—Curbed, 6 Oct. 2022
William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
The 66-story tower is shaped like a gleaming curved sail, with units starting at $6.5 million and climbing to $59 million for the triplex penthouse, which comes with your very own Aston Martin Vulcan, a rare $2.3-million hypercar.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
The triplex loft features a lower floor with a den, bedroom, and rec room; a main floor with the living room, dining area, kitchen, and bedroom, and an upper floor with an office and primary bedroom.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
The triplex residences range in size from 5,432 to 5,900 square feet and will be priced between $12 million and $13 million, while the duplex penthouses hit the market between $8 million and $10 million and span 4,110 to 4,560 square feet.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2023
He’s opened up the roof of a triplex in Paris’s Eighth Arrondissement to create a dramatic terrace and entirely reconfigured a narrow, jewel-box-like house in the city’s Invalides area.
—Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
The penthouse triplex is swathed in neutrals, including a pink bathroom and a very white kitchen.
—Curbed, 21 July 2023
There are two triplex penthouses, with this being the largest at 20,000 square feet (including both indoors and outdoors).
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 July 2022
In Miami, duplex and triplex penthouses may be the latest and greatest, but in South Africa’s Cape Town, one architectural team has quietly bested them with a five-level unit overlooking the ocean.
—Joan Tapper, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2022
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Noun
At the apex of the building and up for sale for $42.5 million, a one-of-a-kind triplex combines two penthouses with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms dispersed across more than 7,800 square feet.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
Finding that Trump inflated the value of his triplex at Trump Tower by between $114 and $207 million, Engoron called out Trump for describing the property as three times its actual size to support his valuation.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
In East Los Angeles, Adams took control of a dilapidated triplex, sold it and tried to bill the estate $530,000 before an angry judge cut the amount by more than half.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Kendall Roy’s Manhattan triplex located at 180 East 88th Street is currently on the market.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
In 2017, The Real Deal picked up a presale filing suggesting a $75 million asking price for a triplex.
—Curbed, 5 July 2023
The artist figured the triplex would provide steady income as well as help fund her retirement.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 26 June 2023
Perched atop the Hampshire House building on Billionaires’ Row, this 10,000-square-foot triplex is one of the most iconic residences in all of Manhattan—and construction has yet to begin.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2022
Which leaves the $62 million triplex.
—Curbed, 6 Oct. 2022
Adjective
Take, for example, Mr. Trump’s triplex apartment in Trump Tower.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
The 66-story tower is shaped like a gleaming curved sail, with units starting at $6.5 million and climbing to $59 million for the triplex penthouse, which comes with your very own Aston Martin Vulcan, a rare $2.3-million hypercar.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
The triplex loft features a lower floor with a den, bedroom, and rec room; a main floor with the living room, dining area, kitchen, and bedroom, and an upper floor with an office and primary bedroom.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
The triplex residences range in size from 5,432 to 5,900 square feet and will be priced between $12 million and $13 million, while the duplex penthouses hit the market between $8 million and $10 million and span 4,110 to 4,560 square feet.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2023
He’s opened up the roof of a triplex in Paris’s Eighth Arrondissement to create a dramatic terrace and entirely reconfigured a narrow, jewel-box-like house in the city’s Invalides area.
—Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
The penthouse triplex is swathed in neutrals, including a pink bathroom and a very white kitchen.
—Curbed, 21 July 2023
There are two triplex penthouses, with this being the largest at 20,000 square feet (including both indoors and outdoors).
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 July 2022
In Miami, duplex and triplex penthouses may be the latest and greatest, but in South Africa’s Cape Town, one architectural team has quietly bested them with a five-level unit overlooking the ocean.
—Joan Tapper, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2022
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“Triplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triplex. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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triplex
1 of 2 adjective
tri·plex
ˈtrip-ˌleks 
ˈtrī-ˌpleks
ˈtrī-ˌpleks
triplex
2 of 2 noun
: something that has three parts (as an apartment with three floors)
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