1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six: such as
a
: the performers of a sextet
b
: a hockey team
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Debuting in 1995, the Pussycat Dolls started out as a sextet that also featured Melody Thornton and Jessica Sutta.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Hunter Greene, Andrew Abbott, Brady Singer, Nick Lodolo, Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns is a pretty nasty sextet.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But save for her and cofounding guitarist Mary Coogan, all of the current sextet is Irish or Scottish-born.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
As a sextet, the youngsters have strong, lively chemistry that just about carries the movie through the longueurs and lousy melodrama, especially when the final act rolls round.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Hunter Greene, Andrew Abbott, Brady Singer, Nick Lodolo, Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns is a pretty nasty sextet.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But save for her and cofounding guitarist Mary Coogan, all of the current sextet is Irish or Scottish-born.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
As a sextet, the youngsters have strong, lively chemistry that just about carries the movie through the longueurs and lousy melodrama, especially when the final act rolls round.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sextet. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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sextet
noun
sex·tet
sek-ˈstet 
1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six
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