as in triads
a group of three
the band was just a trio of musicians on piano, drums, and saxophone
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Recent Examples of trios
Only Murders in the Building features one of Hollywood’s favorite trios — Selena Gomez, Martin Short and Steve Martin — who bond over their fascination with murder investigations.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The three were among the best trios in the college game, and all ended up being lottery picks after one season in Durham.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But, in trios, the math often adds up to two against one.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Pairs, trios and teams perform to music.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
The Honmoon has been maintained ever since by subsequent musical trios/demon hunters from each generation.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
There were duets, solos, trios, groups.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Revelations are found within interactions between characters who end up in small configurations — pairs or trios — to whisper about what’s really going on.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Jonas Brothers are maximizing the news cycle around their 20th-anniversary Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, which launched less than a month ago but has generated dozens of headlines about surprise guests, unexpected reunions and two brother trios joining forces.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The three were among the best trios in the college game, and all ended up being lottery picks after one season in Durham.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But, in trios, the math often adds up to two against one.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Pairs, trios and teams perform to music.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
The Honmoon has been maintained ever since by subsequent musical trios/demon hunters from each generation.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
There were duets, solos, trios, groups.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Revelations are found within interactions between characters who end up in small configurations — pairs or trios — to whisper about what’s really going on.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Jonas Brothers are maximizing the news cycle around their 20th-anniversary Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, which launched less than a month ago but has generated dozens of headlines about surprise guests, unexpected reunions and two brother trios joining forces.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trios
Noun
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The real Martinů giveaway is an underlying buzz of activity in the piano and the harp—D-minor triads mixed with C-sharp-minor, B-flat-major, and E-flat-major ones, suggesting a rickety machinery behind the lyrical action.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Total lunar eclipses — which always occur during a full moon — often arrive in triads, accompanied by at least one solar eclipse two weeks before and/or after.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The solo ghost features seven LED lights while the triplets include 30.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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Powell and Ellie are part of triplets with their brother Henry, and Lily arrived 17 months later.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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People still read Jane Austen and Agatha Christie, and movies still come in trilogies, echoing the triple-decker novel, which evolved in the nineteenth century partly so that subscription libraries could more easily lend out long books.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Yurachek said Arkansas athletes have combined for $500,000 in NIL deals in the NIL Go system and their $15,000 agreement average nearly triples the country’s $5,800 average.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those triples discipline the story’s structure.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In seriousness, though, Challengers is a true sports film in a way that sometimes gets lost amid all the hullabaloo about threesomes and internet boyfriends.—
Ana Osorno,
Them.,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Trios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trios. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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