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Recent Examples of quintet
Because of injuries, the quintet played together in only 19 regular-season games.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
But their big break wouldn’t come until 1968 when the quintet won an amateur night talent show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater and received praise from the likes of Bobby Taylor and Diana Ross, who judged the competition.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
After a run of delightfully strange and charmingly shaggy studio albums (beginning with 1996’s Fuzzy Logic), the Welsh quintet seemed to call it a day.
—David Harris, SPIN, 4 May 2026
Reportedly, the project focuses on a quintet of island communities, spanning Oshima, Niijima, Kozushima, Miyake, and Hachijo.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
But their big break wouldn’t come until 1968 when the quintet won an amateur night talent show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater and received praise from the likes of Bobby Taylor and Diana Ross, who judged the competition.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
After a run of delightfully strange and charmingly shaggy studio albums (beginning with 1996’s Fuzzy Logic), the Welsh quintet seemed to call it a day.
—David Harris, SPIN, 4 May 2026
Reportedly, the project focuses on a quintet of island communities, spanning Oshima, Niijima, Kozushima, Miyake, and Hachijo.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quintet
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As in Kourliandski’s quartet, specks and splatters of sound are interspersed with silences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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These guerrilla pop-ups launched the heartland quartet – singer Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor – into a world of TikToks and Instagram posts, simultaneously cultivating a fan base decades younger than the now-middle-aged rockers.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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And having performed at festivals such as Eurosonic and Sziget, the Serbian sextet, performing in their native language for the first time, know how to work a fully conscious crowd, too.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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From a purely political standpoint, none of the sextet scored some point that will reverberate enough to change the dynamics of the campaign.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Toronto was shorthanded in the frontcourt without starting center Temi Fagbenle (right shoulder), and the Sparks trio of bigs had a field day with 54 points in the paint.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2026
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Of that trio, Ejae is largely known for her work in K-pop, while the other two have primarily recorded other forms of music.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Joined by her septet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Steven Reineke, Joy performed a medley of tunes — her own originals as well as standards and more obscure selections within the vocal jazz canon — to rapturous applause.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The historic surge was attributed in part to the comeback activities of BTS following their military hiatus — hard proof that the septet’s cultural gravity bends entire economies.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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Thus was born one of rock’s most dynamic duos, soon to be joined by Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Ian Stewart, the last a piano player pushed off the band’s official roster because of his looks.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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Murphy pitched the project to the writing duo with about 20 pages of handwritten ideas.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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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
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Stephen Uhl will accompany the octet.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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And yet, the comfortable resolution in the parting note feels all too schematic, like an after-school special; disappointing in a film that gives us something a lot more complex until then, including an excellent intervention scene between a defensive Garance and her theater troupe.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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