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
While the odds of naturally conceiving identical triplets are low, so are delivering conjoined siblings.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Emerald has no need for men, using a sperm donor to create her perfect family of high-achieving triplets.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
The solo ghost features seven LED lights while the triplets include 30.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Powell and Ellie are part of triplets with their brother Henry, and Lily arrived 17 months later.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
To put that into perspective, Pluym says there's about a 1 in 10,000 chance of having triplets in general, which is already pretty rare.
—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
Identical triplets are even better.
—Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Emerald has no need for men, using a sperm donor to create her perfect family of high-achieving triplets.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
The solo ghost features seven LED lights while the triplets include 30.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Powell and Ellie are part of triplets with their brother Henry, and Lily arrived 17 months later.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
To put that into perspective, Pluym says there's about a 1 in 10,000 chance of having triplets in general, which is already pretty rare.
—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
Identical triplets are even better.
—Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triplets
Noun
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If Ward is able to regain his All-Pro form, that would give Indianapolis one of the fiercest cornerback trios in the league with Ward and Gardner on the outside, along with 2021 Pro Bowler Kenny Moore II starting in the slot.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Missions on China’s Shenzhou-21 spacecraft involve trios of astronauts on six-month stays in space, with veteran astronauts increasingly replaced by younger faces.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
1 Nov. 2025
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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 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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“Triplets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplets. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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