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as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the treble shrieks of children at play
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as in triple
having three units or parts
a treble painting, with each panel telling a different part of the Nativity story
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Recent Examples of treble
Just like that, my friend found himself with a barbed treble hook impaled in the bottom of his left thumb — not the fleshy part on the palm side, fortunately — and the other part of the lure still hooked in the fish.
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
This pushes treble and bass forward a little for a more aggressive punch at lower output levels while pulling them back a bit for more balanced playback at higher volumes.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
The Pacific Women’s Chorus of San Diego, a chamber chorus for treble voices that performs music ranging from medieval chants to current compositions, is recruiting experienced choral sopranos and altos.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Violet Noise Violet noise ratchets up the high (treble) frequencies even more than blue noise.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
This pushes treble and bass forward a little for a more aggressive punch at lower output levels while pulling them back a bit for more balanced playback at higher volumes.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
The Pacific Women’s Chorus of San Diego, a chamber chorus for treble voices that performs music ranging from medieval chants to current compositions, is recruiting experienced choral sopranos and altos.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Violet Noise Violet noise ratchets up the high (treble) frequencies even more than blue noise.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treble
Adjective
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Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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One option is to simply double down on the existing approach and become shriller.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Wherever this car travels, people double-take and triple-take.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Likely to have less impact on your buying decision (but still reside in the back of your mind) is that if one of the triple-panel fans fails, the entire triple-fan unit needs replacing, not just one fan.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Treble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treble. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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