troika

noun troi·ka \ ˈtrȯi-kə \

|Updated on: 7 Aug 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

Now, the North American troika has eight years to deliver on what stands to be the most ambitious World Cup in the tournament’s 96-year history.

— joshua robinson, WSJ, "North America to Host 2026 World Cup," 13 June 2018
Greece is the last country to exit financial bailouts extended by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — known as the troika of lenders.

— liz alderman, New York Times, "As Greece Ends a Decade of Bailouts, Problems Linger for Europe," 19 June 2018
Second: Roseman was trusting his new lieutenants, player personnel director Joe Douglas and his assistant Andy Weidl – and the troika has hardly put a foot wrong since their alliance in May of 2016.

— marcus hayes, Philly.com, "Eagles' Howie Roseman made draft moves that should pay off like 2017's did | Marcus Hayes," 29 Apr. 2018
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

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