as in trio
a group of three
a triad of candlesticks on the mantel
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Recent Examples of triad
Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves.
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Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Peace through strength, of America’s nuclear triad intersecting land, air, sea with connectivity into space and cyberspace, is a military capability that Iran does not have and will never achieve.
—Brooke Taylor, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
So after Israel’s first strike, on June 13, China—the strongest partner in the anti-America triad—could have been expected to rush short-range missiles and other air-defense equipment to Iran.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Only the first and last chords in the sequence are solid triads, the rest tinged by dissonance to one degree or another.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Peace through strength, of America’s nuclear triad intersecting land, air, sea with connectivity into space and cyberspace, is a military capability that Iran does not have and will never achieve.
—Brooke Taylor, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
So after Israel’s first strike, on June 13, China—the strongest partner in the anti-America triad—could have been expected to rush short-range missiles and other air-defense equipment to Iran.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Only the first and last chords in the sequence are solid triads, the rest tinged by dissonance to one degree or another.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triad
trio
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The trio represented half of Jamaica’s track and field medal haul from the Olympics last August.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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In a trio of bills in 2021, Cooper signed off on the most sweeping criminal justice reforms during his time in office in response to the death of George Floyd, which sparked accusations that racist police brutality is rampant.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Sep. 2025
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