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Recent Examples of triple crown
Martínez was a three-time Cy Young Award winner, an eight-time All-Star, a five-time ERA champion and a Triple Crown winner.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Sovereignty, the Triple Crown Class of 2025’s Derby and Belmont victor and Saratoga-man-of-the-minute, bestrides the ultra-short Travers Stakes field of five as an undisputed equine colossus.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Shane Bieber, the 2020 Cy Young and Triple Crown winner, returned to the mound for the first time in 507 days after Tommy John surgery.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Turcotte famously swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes with Secretariat in 1973 to win the first Triple Crown in 25 years.
—Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Turcotte won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice each, most notably sweeping the three with Secretariat to end horse racing’s Triple Crown drought that dated to Citation in 1948.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Why the state is betting big on the film industry
'Disney's Secretariat' (2010)
The story of Triple Crown winner Secretariat stars Diane Lane as Penny Chenery and John Malkovich as Lucien Laurin.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Sovereignty, the Triple Crown Class of 2025’s Derby and Belmont victor and Saratoga-man-of-the-minute, bestrides the ultra-short Travers Stakes field of five as an undisputed equine colossus.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Shane Bieber, the 2020 Cy Young and Triple Crown winner, returned to the mound for the first time in 507 days after Tommy John surgery.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Turcotte famously swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes with Secretariat in 1973 to win the first Triple Crown in 25 years.
—Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Turcotte won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice each, most notably sweeping the three with Secretariat to end horse racing’s Triple Crown drought that dated to Citation in 1948.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Why the state is betting big on the film industry
'Disney's Secretariat' (2010)
The story of Triple Crown winner Secretariat stars Diane Lane as Penny Chenery and John Malkovich as Lucien Laurin.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triple crown
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Offensively, the Wolves shot 60% from the field, while making 22 triples and tallying a season-high 37 assists.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Hawks, boosted by two Luke Kennard triples, responded with a 22-5 run of their own.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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The triplets were born almost exactly a year after the deaths of their older siblings.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Osmium promotes singlet–triplet excitation, a type of low-energy electronic transition that allows absorption of longer-wavelength light.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Dec. 2025
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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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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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At UConn, there is a threesome that has stuck around.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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The ultimate A-list threesome, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Fonda, turned the tables on their awful boss in the 1980 film 9 to 5.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
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But the Lakers' depth beyond that triumvirate — plus that group's fit together — is already in question.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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The comments came after the triumvirate blasted through a fizzy set of pioneering hip-hop.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Her 2018-2022 album trilogy ranks among the most fearless, smartest state-of-the-union statements recorded in any genre this century.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The coming-of-age series based on the novel trilogy written by Jenny Han ended as the streaming service’s top title in more than 140 countries.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Triple crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triple%20crown. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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