quintet

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Recent Examples of quintet At Royal Portrush last year, Scottie was tied for sixth place after Day 1, one shot behind a quintet sharing the lead. Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 July 2026 The quintet arrived at Citizens Bank Park, site of Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic, on Monday afternoon and spent about an hour fielding questions from reporters while stationed on the left-center field concourse. Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 July 2026 Completing the quintet is Gigi (Gemma Chan), an online follower and airline pilot who’s somehow worked her way into Hollis’s real-life inner circle. Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026 Yes, Childs is several decades younger than the other members of Sellers’ quintet. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for quintet
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Noun
  • That quartet essentially served as the bridge to Devin Williams, and now the Mets will have two months of tryouts — probably painful ones — to determine whether anyone can be part of the solution in 2027.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Indie rock quartet The Beths and indie-pop trio Beach Bunny are teaming up for a co-headline tour this summer.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • An evening that had begun as silencing a smiling sextet ended in a sublime effort to open the mind beyond body and music to give peace a chance.
    Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • But amid the journey, the sextet wind up in jail.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Femi blasted Lesnar with a trio of body shots and running uppercuts in the corner.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Kansas City City Council approved a trio of ordinances on Thursday aimed at vacant properties that become nuisances and staving off demolition of historic buildings.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The group remains winless after five nominations, but the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category may give the septet its clearest path to a first trophy as a performing act.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Another musical high point was Venutian Wetland by viibra, a flute septet founded to support an album and subsequent tours by Björk in 2016.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The duo presided overan unorthodox two-anchor program that ceded viewers, and, eventually, ratings.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The real highlight is Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), who make for a compelling villain duo.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The only member of this octet who hasn’t looked like a lock for the playoff rotation, Gonzalez saw meaningful playing time in just one of Boston’s final seven games.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Stephen Uhl will accompany the octet.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The celebrated musicians, the eclectic writers, the artist troupes, the lumberjacks, the magicians.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • Stephani Sosa, sister of current pro Ezra Sosa and a dancer on the season 33 troupe, accidentally struck Jolley hard in the face while swinging her right arm up before a turn.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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