as in trio
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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While the outer star is located at around the same distance from the stellar triplet as the distance from Jupiter to the sun, the inner stellar sub-system would fit within the orbit of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, around our star.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Singh worked and lived at the temple with his wife and their 6-month-old triplets, said temple spokesperson Deep Singh, who is not related to the victim.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Just over two years ago, Stillwater parents Brian and Coleen Groen sent two of their triplet 6-year-old sons to a friend’s house for a sleepover.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
However, its most transformative components are the niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) inner triplet magnets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Singh worked and lived at the temple with his wife and their 6-month-old triplets, said temple spokesperson Deep Singh, who is not related to the victim.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Just over two years ago, Stillwater parents Brian and Coleen Groen sent two of their triplet 6-year-old sons to a friend’s house for a sleepover.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
However, its most transformative components are the niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) inner triplet magnets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
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The report also noted that two separate client groups from Blackbird Mountain Guides — one a group of female friends with two guides, the other a trio of men with two guides — had been combined into a party of 15 for the trip out to the Castle Peak Snowpark trailhead beside I-80.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The trio then combined for two home runs, four RBIs and six runs scored in Thursday night’s opener against the Diamondbacks.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The city was part of the ninth administrative district of Upper Egypt and was historically a worship center for the lioness goddess Repyt, who formed a religious triad with the fertility god Min of Akhmim and the child deity Kolanthes.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The site was historically a worship center for the lioness goddess Repyt, who formed a religious triad with the fertility god Min of Akhmim and the child deity Kolanthes.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Triplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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