as in trio
a group of three
that summertime trifecta for meteorologically induced misery: hazy, hot, and humid
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Montana has a Republican trifecta, meaning the party controls the governor's office and holds a majority in both chambers of the state legislature.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Cameron’s latest might complete the trifecta.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Only retatrutide adds glucagon for the full trifecta.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The hotel’s two excellent restaurants, a Japanese one called Miru and Evan Funke’s Tuscan steakhouse, Tre Dita, are tough tables to book thanks to a trifecta of excellent food, service, and city views.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Cameron’s latest might complete the trifecta.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Only retatrutide adds glucagon for the full trifecta.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The hotel’s two excellent restaurants, a Japanese one called Miru and Evan Funke’s Tuscan steakhouse, Tre Dita, are tough tables to book thanks to a trifecta of excellent food, service, and city views.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trifecta
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Take this eye cream—retinol, Indonesian ginger, and iris extract are an unexpected trio that prevent the degradation of and promote the creation of collagen, increase hyaluronic acid production, improve circulation, firm, and plump skin.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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The trio, which combined for 102 starts at UF, was expected to anchor one of the nation’s top O-lines.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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That kind of speed is not inherent to the other legs of the nuclear triad.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the late 90s and early 2000s, doctors would often stop their search for a cause of abuse when bleeding around the brain and eyes and altered brain function, known as the triad of symptoms, was present in a patient.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Dec. 2025
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