as in triple
having three units or parts
a triplex house that features a separate apartment on each floor
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Recent Examples of triplex
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
This triplex apartment features 8,770 square feet of indoor space with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and two powder rooms.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2026
Highland Theatre owner Dan Akarakian confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on March 1, 2024, that he was forced to shut his doors as business at his triplex never fully bounced back from pre-2020 times.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Christmas tree recycling Sunnyvale residents who live in a single-family home, duplex, triplex or mobile home can place Christmas trees at the curb for collection until Jan. 23.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
This triplex apartment features 8,770 square feet of indoor space with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and two powder rooms.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
Per the The Real Deal, a penthouse triplex at 20 Greene Street just leased for $120,000 a month.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2026
Highland Theatre owner Dan Akarakian confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on March 1, 2024, that he was forced to shut his doors as business at his triplex never fully bounced back from pre-2020 times.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triplex
Adjective
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Air New Zealand will soon offer a solution that involves climbing into a triple-tier bunk bed wearing special socks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Johnson is a high-flying, 6-foot-8 forward who’s become a nightly triple double threat for the Hawks after the Trae Young trade with the Washington Wizards.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday that the city now has a set of seven free blueprints, including a duplex, a two-story house with a garage and a cottage, that are free to download to get the process of building a new home started.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Spanning roughly 3,500 square feet across two levels, the duplex delivers scale that’s increasingly hard to come by in the city, paired with the kind of architectural detail that doesn’t need to announce itself loudly.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Further analysis showed that these defect sites enhance a process known as triplet-triplet annihilation, which allows materials to convert lower-energy light into higher-energy light.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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The trio, with its rapid-fire triplet flow, became known as one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mariah Carey has listed her New York City penthouse for $27 million.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
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The residential condos, meanwhile, which range in size from studios to five-bedroom penthouses, are on the 29th to 89th floors.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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For now, the AGM-86B continues to anchor the air leg of the nuclear triad.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Each triad of the three colors serves as a single pixel in the 1080p image.—
M. David Stone,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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The parade route itself has been shortened slightly to improve efficiency.—
Madisen Keavy,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology in China have turned to diamond-copper coatings to improve the cooling efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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The trio, and others in their intellectual circle, share a few radical views.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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But even if the Rockets are a tad bit disjointed, facing the trio of Thompson, Sengun and Durant without the star quality to match feels like too much of a challenge.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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David Paredes said he's bought a house in South Florida before, and said that buying his first condo could be just as complex.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The condo, built in 2019, has an interior space of 1,988 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Triplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplex. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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