troika

noun troi·ka \ ˈtrȯi-kə \

|Updated on: 29 May 2018

Examples: troika in a Sentence

Definition of troika

1 : a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast; also : a team for such a vehicle

2 : a group of three; especially : an administrative or ruling body of three

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Examples of troika in a Sentence

A troika of countries signed the agreement.

Recent Examples of troika from the Web

Rehabbing that troika into a thriving company would be a multiyear effort because of GE Power’s decline; the health care and aviation units are doing well.

— geoff colvin, Fortune, "What the Hell Happened at GE?," 24 May 2018
Unless Mattis or supine GOP legislators raise some roadblocks this troika is heading for trouble.

— trudy rubin, Philly.com, "What H.R. McMaster's exit and John Bolton's arrival mean for the next three dangerous months | Trudy Rubin," 23 Mar. 2018
State politics are governed by a troika of patronizing, paternalistic elites in top-1% enclaves, ethnic minorities clustered in poor, urban neighborhoods and government-employee unions.

— WSJ, "Election Costs: Least of Connecticut’s Worries," 16 Apr. 2018
Preceded by Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna in the Marlins’ galling teardown, the former first-round pick was the youngest of the troika and, thanks to his contract, the most valuable.

— jon tayler, SI.com, "Brewers Bet Big on the Present in Acquiring Christian Yelich, Signing Lorenzo Cain," 25 Jan. 2018
At fault, a toxic troika that combines gushing supply with fears that long-term demand will flat-line as electric vehicles and renewable energies grow, and climate change policies proliferate.

— kevin crowley and kelly gilblom, Houston Chronicle, "Can Big Oil win back investors?," 24 Apr. 2018
But the new Trump-Bolton-Pompeo troika seems committed to Iraq-like fantasies that war can solve all.

— trudy rubin, Philly.com, "What H.R. McMaster's exit and John Bolton's arrival mean for the next three dangerous months | Trudy Rubin," 23 Mar. 2018
The creditors — a troika consisting of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — held firm, threatening to kick Greece out of the euro zone unless its terms were met.

— Washington Post, "Battered for a decade, Greece feels an unexpected whiff of revival as Europe gains strength," 8 Mar. 2018
There was reported infighting throughout the season that seemed to threaten the power troika atop New England’s dynasty.

— conor orr, SI.com, "Bill Belichick Smiled How Many Times on Super Bowl Opening Night?," 30 Jan. 2018

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