triplets

plural of triplet
as in trios
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 triplets The triplets, Ana Maria, Sofia and Isabella Saavedra Caycedo; their father Jair Saavedra; their mother Vicky Caycedo and their uncle Diego Caycedo would all be pulled from the debris in the hours and days that followed. 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 As for what’s next, the triplets have trips planed to visit their cousins in Miami before heading to Martha’s Vineyard for a large family gathering. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 And Williams’ triplets with Lasichanh wore blue and white matching sets too. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
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Noun
  • Behind all of it sits one of the best midfield trios in world football in Vitinha, João Neves and Ruiz, when all three are available.
    Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Similar trios occurred between 1990 and 1992 and again from 2008 to 2010, with the next not arriving until the mid-2040s.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The methodology involves a patented Metabolic Code, which analyzes more than 70 key biomarkers across five health triads.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • 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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