as in trio
a series of three novels, movies, etc., that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes
the last book in the trilogy a science-fiction trilogy
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Recent Examples of trilogy
Williams’ outlook on Saturday night’s playoff opener, the third and final installment of the Bears-Packers trilogy this season?
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Amid big box office success for The Housemaid, its Freida McFadden thriller starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar, Lionsgate is moving toward a 2026 production start for a sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, based on the second novel in McFadden’s bestselling trilogy.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
The project, based on the second novel in Freida McFadden’s best-selling trilogy, has been in development for the past few months, and Lionsgate is planning a production start for later this year with Feig and stars Sweeney and Michele Morrone returning.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
The abundance of contemporary retellings and revisions, from Kay Cicellis’s trilogy to Emily Wilson’s 2017 retranslation of The Odyssey to Madeline Miller’s 2018 novel, Circe, expose an ongoing fascination with the tension between fate and control.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Amid big box office success for The Housemaid, its Freida McFadden thriller starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar, Lionsgate is moving toward a 2026 production start for a sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, based on the second novel in McFadden’s bestselling trilogy.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
The project, based on the second novel in Freida McFadden’s best-selling trilogy, has been in development for the past few months, and Lionsgate is planning a production start for later this year with Feig and stars Sweeney and Michele Morrone returning.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
The abundance of contemporary retellings and revisions, from Kay Cicellis’s trilogy to Emily Wilson’s 2017 retranslation of The Odyssey to Madeline Miller’s 2018 novel, Circe, expose an ongoing fascination with the tension between fate and control.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trilogy
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kohler made all six of his field goal attempts, including a trio of 3-pointers, and sank his only free throw.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Active offensive rebounding by Walsh and Gonzalez set up Simons for the first of his two triples.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Having one copy of the gene roughly doubles or triples the chances of developing the common dementia, while two copies raises the risk by 10 times and lowers the average age of onset by five to 10 years, data shows.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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NBCUniversal and Peacock are busting out next month with a trinity of live sports in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Super Bowl LX and the NBA All-Star Weekend in rapid succession over ten days.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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This is the mind playing with language playing with reality, a kind of trinity.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Trilogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trilogy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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