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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A troika of countries signed the agreement.
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Which brings us to the larger question: How successful is the Goldman troika at influencing the president?
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Which brings us to the larger question: How successful is the Goldman troika at influencing the president?
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The troika would have allowed all of Trump's executive order banning people from six majority-Muslim countries to go into effect immediately.
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Which brings us to the larger question: How successful is the Goldman troika at influencing the president?
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There is also a connection to Assistant Minority Leader Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. The troika represents different wings of the Democratic Caucus.
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The set list drew from Isbell’s impressive troika of recent albums.
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Charles Forbes was the least prominent of the troika of disgraced high-ranking officials in the brief but criminally eventful administration of President Harding.
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Goldsmith links contemporary work with past, blowing past the usual troika of McLuhan, Warhol and Borges to discuss Cézanne, Alberti and Dziga Vertov.
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Origin and Etymology of troika
Russian troĭka, from troe three; akin to Old English thrīe three
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: a group of three people, things, countries, etc.
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