as in trio
a group of three
the threesome has been playing music together since all three were in high school you don't see many threesomes at honeymoon resorts, but one bride had brought along her mother
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Recent Examples of threesome
That includes threesomes, swingers parties, or orgies.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 22 Feb. 2025
The talented threesome kicked off the run in fine fashion on Wednesday (April 2) at the beautiful Bing Concert Hall on the Stanford University campus, delivering a 90-minute set that was stocked with a mix of Mehldau originals and cover tunes.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
This leads our main trio to … Emotional Emergency of the Week
Have a threesome because life is short!
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
The fearsome threesome went down by fly out, groundout and lineout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 22 Feb. 2025
The talented threesome kicked off the run in fine fashion on Wednesday (April 2) at the beautiful Bing Concert Hall on the Stanford University campus, delivering a 90-minute set that was stocked with a mix of Mehldau originals and cover tunes.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
This leads our main trio to … Emotional Emergency of the Week
Have a threesome because life is short!
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
The fearsome threesome went down by fly out, groundout and lineout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for threesome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threesome
trio
Noun
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Lady Gaga claims a trio of hits in the United Kingdom this week.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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After revealing earlier this month that there were three top contenders for the most powerful creative job in British television, audio, and streaming, Deadline hears one of the trio is now not in the running.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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“Threesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threesome. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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