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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Noun
  • Following his involvement with the trilogy, In 2024, it was reported that Watts, his production company Freshman Year and producer Dianne McGunigle had signed a first-look feature deal with Walt Disney Studios.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Following Sam Raimi’s original trilogy, which included The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987) and Army of Darkness (1993), the franchise was rebooted with Álvarez’s Evil Dead in 2013.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Allied forces later returned much of the collection to the Dutch government, which sold the diptych to collector Norton Simon, and the museum’s namesake, in 1971.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland, has revealed a trio of buildings designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Pritzker Prize–winning designer of the new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The mural in question is pasted along the side of the Jolly Colliers Pub building in Bedminster, Bristol.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Lucaj also envisions the store as a connection between New York and Paris café culture, and has partnered with nearby La Perle, commissioning a custom mural and creating a bespoke coffee experience as part of integrating into the neighborhood.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Much of Carson’s work has focused on what was used to be called the female athlete triad—namely, how irregular menstrual cycles, low energy availability and lower bone mineral density can affect women in high-intensity sports.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Building the promoter triad In short, don’t work in isolation.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The embroidered panorama depicting the last successful invasion of England goes on public display at the British Museum this week, back on British soil for the first time since the 11th century.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The jail, a beige 12-story obelisk, overlooks all of downtown Las Vegas – a Bosch-in-the-sunbelt panorama.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Daemon, with his Valyrian steel warhelm and taste for annihilation, is who Rhaenyra needs riding shotgun now that Team Green has established a crown-seeking triumvirate of sons.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Triptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triptych. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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