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
Powell and Ellie are part of triplets with their brother Henry, and Lily arrived 17 months later.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
The triplets were immediately taken to the NICU and Jocelyn was only able to glance at them.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Blake and Logan Miller are triplets.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The week before, the paper featured a set of East Garfield Park triplets headed to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on full-ride scholarships in the fall.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Bryan West, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
The triplets were immediately taken to the NICU and Jocelyn was only able to glance at them.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Blake and Logan Miller are triplets.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The week before, the paper featured a set of East Garfield Park triplets headed to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on full-ride scholarships in the fall.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triplet
Noun
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The tour was set to kick off at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, where the trio played what until now was thought to be their final show in 2015.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The trio portrayed three of the Weasley children in the magical films, with James and Oliver starring as mischievous twins Fred and George and Bonnie as their youngest sibling, Ginny.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Anyone who doesn’t fit into this machine – triads, activists, labor unions – tend to just disappear, Tan explains.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Pentagon designed the triad to ensure no single strike could eliminate all three legs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Triplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplet. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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