as in trio
a group of three among the city's cultural institutions, the art museum, the symphony orchestra, and the opera company reign as the supreme triumvirate

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Recent Examples of triumvirate Horror, golf, and a rabid online fanbase: the unholy triumvirate. Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 June 2025 Anthony is part of a triumvirate of baubles the Red Sox have dangled before their fan base for several seasons. Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025 The fete kicked off with a surprise reunion between host Kristen Bell and The Good Place co-stars Ted Danson and William Jackson Harper, who paid homage to the steamy triumvirate in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025 The hologram will wax poetic about a triumvirate of players known as the Big Three: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 6 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for triumvirate
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Noun
  • The trio hit the Spiderman meme pose after.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Similar to an in-office treatment, step one is a trio of extra-strength exfoliating acids (lactic, glycolic, and mandelic), and step two is a clay mask to simultaneously neutralize the acids and deep clean the skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • The real Martinů giveaway is an underlying buzz of activity in the piano and the harp—D-minor triads mixed with C-sharp-minor, B-flat-major, and E-flat-major ones, suggesting a rickety machinery behind the lyrical action.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The March 2-3, 2026, total lunar eclipse will mark the third in a triad of consecutive total lunar eclipses within a lunar year.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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