quintet

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Recent Examples of quintet The quintet of race cars was used in races held between the 1991 and 2023. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026 For days, the plight of the Odisha quintet dominated headlines and primetime broadcasts. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 The quintet performed the song Stateside this summer, becoming the first homegrown Filipino act to play Lollapalooza. — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Amazon just released a remake of Stephen King’s Carrie on Prime Video, helmed by Mike Flanagan, who made his name with a quintet of limited horror series on Netflix between 2018 and 2023, starting with The Haunting of Hill House. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quintet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quintet
Noun
  • In the end, the quartet made of humans and AI stitched together ideas from five different areas of math to prove the conjecture.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The quartet launched aboard NASA's Orion capsule on April 1, and completed a 10-day flight around the far side of the moon and back.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In recent years, the sextet have continued to prove their staying power.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The British sextet will lean into its first nine albums and use digital visual technology for the first time.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • What to do nearby This part of Bangkok is a shoppers' haven, surrounded by EM District’s trio of malls—EmQuartier, Emporium, and Emsphere—each offering a unique selection, from high-end boutiques to entire floors dedicated to street food.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The trio also discussed the mental turmoil among Latino youth, highlighting the recent tragic suicides of Samuel Gonzalez Terrones and Xavier Nungaray-Martinez.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The septet is also planning on working on new material for full-band endeavors as well as individual purposes.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The colorful, traveling septet includes Vicki Gunvalson (Orange County), Luann de Lesseps (NYC), Porsha Williams (Atlanta) Teresa Giudice (New Jersey), Kyle Richards (Beverly Hills), Gizelle Bryant (Potamac) and Lisa Barlow (Salt Lake City).
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There’s no sense of effort or craft behind the music itself, and the duo’s latest attempts at iconoclasm feel sneeringly contemptuous.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But the Lakers’ leading duo of Doncic and Austin Reaves was better.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 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 entire cast, plus the members of the DWTS troupe, appear in each episode’s opening spectacle.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In many ways, the Medieval Times crew could be a theater troupe, restaurant staff, or coed sports team.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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