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Recent Examples of octet
Stephen Uhl will accompany the octet.
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Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Despite their levels of fame and notoriety, the members of this octet have yet to headline films of their own.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Joy’s voice sits inside a rich octet, where horns and piano converse like old friends.
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Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
Backed by an orchestral octet, Jones demonstrated the vocal command and flair that helped her net a Grammy for best R&B performance category in 2024.
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Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for octet
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Despite their levels of fame and notoriety, the members of this octet have yet to headline films of their own.
—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Joy’s voice sits inside a rich octet, where horns and piano converse like old friends.
—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
Backed by an orchestral octet, Jones demonstrated the vocal command and flair that helped her net a Grammy for best R&B performance category in 2024.
—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for octet
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Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Bridges comprise a very talented quartet, with Mark Williams offering plenty of upside from the center position.
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Up until this week, Paterson played every Monday with his jazz quartet at the historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, which seats just about 150 people.
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But amid the journey, the sextet wind up in jail.
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Of his continent’s Qatar 2022 sextet, only Algerian official Mustapha Ghorbal was selected for this tournament.
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That quintet was the choice of a player at the North Miami Publix at 12855 NE Sixth Ave.
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The rising quintet have been confirmed as the only K-pop act on the opening night of the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2026, performing at the Padang Stage on day 1 of F1 weekend.
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Geese’s opening act was the mysterious Airy Foist, a trio led by a singer in a baseball cap whose mission seemed to be to provoke the loyal Geese crowd.
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The mass consensus — by the media, by experts and ultimately by the draft order itself — was that the 2026 draft class featured a clear top trio.
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Another musical high point was Venutian Wetland by viibra, a flute septet founded to support an album and subsequent tours by Björk in 2016.
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That honor is still held by BTS, and the rapper did not come close to toppling the septet's showing.
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The bronze medal, which the duo won in March, was Anderson and Chacon’s first together on the world tour.
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Rounding out the points were Racing Bulls’ duo of Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad, who scored ninth and 10th respectively.
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The troupe was surprised by the media explosion around the show’s announcement.
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An hour-long première for the troupe is in the works.
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Abandoned by his mother as a child, White set out to create not just a band but a family, assembling a sprawling ensemble around a musical and spiritual vision.
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This closing stretch is built almost entirely around a single dinner service, a smart structural shift that pressurizes what had previously become a diffuse story — and, on a practical level, helps the production navigate the schedules of one of television’s busier ensembles.
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“Octet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/octet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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