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triptych

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Recent Examples of triptych Told through a triptych, the film chronicles the story of three men whose lives are connected through desire, loss and what one generation leaves to the next. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 June 2026 Along with Gioachino Rossini and Gaetano Donizetti, Bellini is part of a Mount Rushmore–like triptych of nineteenth-century Italian composers invoked whenever beautiful singing—bel canto—becomes an object of faith. — Arya Roshanian, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026 Wynn, who died last spring and for whom a wing of Zumthor’s aerodynamic structure is named, donated a Francis Bacon triptych depicting Bacon’s friend and fellow-painter Lucian Freud, the only Bacons on display in a public Los Angeles museum. — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 4 June 2026 In a small room devoted to his work, the artist presents a triptych of South Park playsets centered around the theme of Tax Day, a motif reflecting the exhibition’s April 15 opening date. — Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for triptych

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Roach returns to New Line after directing the Austin Powers trilogy for the studio.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
The actor replaced Viggo Mortensen, who played the character in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026

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The museum opposes an attempt by the Jewish Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles and its board chair Daniel Gryczman, who sued in September for the return of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 16th-century diptych painting Adam and Eve.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The collection was later recovered by Allied forces and given to the Dutch government, with the diptych being sold to the Norton Simon in 1971.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of diptych

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Meanwhile, in Bar Sur, regional maker Cata Flaño contributed a massive mixed-media mural combining watercolors with local peat, driftwood, and historical navigation charts marked at 55 degrees south.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
The owners of Security Storage Properties wanted a mural on their wall to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, The Star reported in September 1991.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

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Although the local law embraces triads, foursomes and other group relationships, the language bars registering of couples who have already declared other partnerships.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
This is called Virchow’s triad, and Hurts’ story touches every corner of this triad.

— Ali Ataya, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of triad

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The dedication and imagination and sheer extravagance of the cosplayers provides the city with a constant rolling panorama of personalities.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Etereo, a sky bar and restaurant whose spectacular 360-degree panorama of the city encompasses the Duomo, Galleria, Castello Sforzesco and the Porta Nuova skyscrapers.

— Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

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Since then, he’s kicked around with HAIM while turning one third of its Los Angelino triumvirate, Alana Haim, into a screen actress.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
This triumvirate uses their voices, their power, their compassion to embody this virtuous cycle of generosity and reciprocity without forfeiting their personhood, bodies, or resources to anyone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

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