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triplet

noun

ˈtri-plət

Definition of triplet

as in trio

a group of three the theater piece is actually a triplet of comedy sketches, all of them having romantic love as their theme

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Recent Examples of triplet And Isabella’s body was the last to be pulled from the rubble, the triplets’ cousin Camila Martínez Sierra said. — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 Diana Espinosa, a South Florida resident, said her cousin, his wife and their 23-year-old triplets were inside a building in Cali that collapsed. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 In addition to Nina and their unborn child, he is survived by his parents Paul and Linda and his triplet siblings Tom and Caroline. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 And Williams’ triplets with Lasichanh wore blue and white matching sets too. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for triplet

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Down a third of its crew (and periodically appearing as a trio), the quartet-for-now seeks modern girl-group chart history while nagged by uncertainty and controversy that extends to their music.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
The trio gives Fort Worth-area football fans what should be a trio of contenders and a ton of high-stakes playoff matchups within a reasonable distance.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

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Much of Carson’s work has focused on what was used to be called the female athlete triad—namely, how irregular menstrual cycles, low energy availability and lower bone mineral density can affect women in high-intensity sports.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Building the promoter triad In short, don’t work in isolation.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026

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