as in trio
a group of three a triad of candlesticks on the mantel

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Recent Examples of triad This discovery becomes a tear in the banal fabric of everyday life, in which Maria reluctantly assumes the triad of caretaker, undertaker and executor – faced with a series of subdued and, at times, perverse bureaucratic exchanges. Olivia Bennett, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025 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. Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 That brings us back to Rainey Street and the final third of the episode’s character-check-in triad: the Alley Gang. Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 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 See All Example Sentences for triad
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trio
Noun
  • The trio hit the Spiderman meme pose after.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Similar to an in-office treatment, step one is a trio of extra-strength exfoliating acids (lactic, glycolic, and mandelic), and step two is a clay mask to simultaneously neutralize the acids and deep clean the skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Triad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triad. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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