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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
Noun
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Their quartet of sons joins in at the end, along with the neighbor (Johnson), which is a nice touch that keeps the bit from getting old.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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House Codes Galore The traditional quartet — diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald, which Gabrielle Chanel was particularly fond of — led the four chapters that composed the collection.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 May 2026
Noun
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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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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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Suga was the final member to be discharged in June 2025, clearing the way for the boys to get back in the studio as a septet.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 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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Most of the other troupe members are already in high school.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The entire thing is a beautifully chaotic blank canvas for Sacramento’s music community to collaborate and mishmash within itself, to forge a platoon of one-off troupes and ramshackle supergroups — check out some prior videos on the event’s Instagram.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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