as in triad
a group of three
the band was just a trio of musicians on piano, drums, and saxophone
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Recent Examples of trio
Aubry has an Idol and Christian has immunity, so Rick Devens is the only one in their trio who is vulnerable and exposed.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
His 8-foot statue rises from a 10-foot pedestal — harder to reach than the practically ground-level Otis trio.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The trio of chains continues to make up about 60% of all local grocery sales.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
The filing puts it on track for a June listing, which would make SpaceX the first of what could be a trio of mega-IPOs, ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic PBC.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
His 8-foot statue rises from a 10-foot pedestal — harder to reach than the practically ground-level Otis trio.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The trio of chains continues to make up about 60% of all local grocery sales.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
The filing puts it on track for a June listing, which would make SpaceX the first of what could be a trio of mega-IPOs, ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic PBC.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trio
Noun
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Each triad of the three colors serves as a single pixel in the 1080p image.—
M. David Stone,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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The city was part of the ninth administrative district of Upper Egypt and was historically a worship center for the lioness goddess Repyt, who formed a religious triad with the fertility god Min of Akhmim and the child deity Kolanthes.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Ditching her social media ‘trinity’ Nguyen’s own road to appstinence was winding.—
Sarah Jackson,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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On her new single—a piano ballad of dubious sincerity—Canadian DJ and songwriter Brat Star invokes Paltrow’s greatest role as one-third of a holy trinity of disaffection.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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His aesthetic speculations in the trilogy bring to mind books as extraordinary as Walter Pater’s The Renaissance and André Malraux’s The Voices of Silence and The Metamorphosis of the Gods.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Speaking to Screen Rant, Serkis said that the role played by Viggo Mortensen in the original trilogy will be recast.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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What a triumvirate of irritation.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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There can’t be too many quotes attributed to such an incongruous triumvirate, but then there are few instruments as polarizing as the squeeze-box.—
Jonathan Margolis,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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The trio, with its rapid-fire triplet flow, became known as one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The bass triplet, a constant undercurrent in the track, is steady and clear.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Trio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trio. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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