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Recent Examples of octet
The octet must race around to bash open crates, carry bombs back to their homebase and launch them at Bowser before time runs out.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
In the end, Houston, Alabama, Texas A&M, Oregon, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Creighton and San Diego State signed on to be the Players Era’s inaugural octet.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2024
In July, the octet dropped ATE, earning its fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
But the English-language track does act as an introduction to the octet's latest artistic foray.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
In the end, Houston, Alabama, Texas A&M, Oregon, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Creighton and San Diego State signed on to be the Players Era’s inaugural octet.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2024
In July, the octet dropped ATE, earning its fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
But the English-language track does act as an introduction to the octet's latest artistic foray.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for octet
Noun
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Few musical rites of passage are as exhilarating as the big comeback album, and Amor Elefante’s Amigas finds the quartet, now with new member Lucila Pivetta on bass, beaming with joy at the chance of reconnecting.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Seeing Nirvana fill a quartet of rungs is not unusual.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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These people found one another at the civil rights movement’s apogee, and their septet — Black and white, men and women — was a union that advertised integration’s frictionless possibility.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Gurke, a baritone saxophone specialist who also plays tenor and alto, is the youngest member of the sextet and latest to join.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the sextet of localized blazes—the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire, the Hurst fire, the Sunset fire, the Lidia fire, and the Kenneth fire—blurred in the public mind and in the sprawl of destruction into one great undifferentiated inferno.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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With injuries depleting Miami more than at any time all season, Erik Spoelstra used a starting quintet that hadn’t played a single minute together — Adebayo, Kevin Love, Tyler Herro, Terry Rozier and Alec Burks.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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Now, the Australian group holds steady with its four smashes, while Queen ups its count to a quintet of champions.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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That includes Amazon and a trio of other Club names: Microsoft, Meta Platforms , and Alphabet .—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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Seated along the sidewalk outside Cafe Tropical, the singer, dressed in dark-wash denim and kitten heels, orders a Diet Coke and a trio of the Cuban cafe’s signature pastelitos.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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Lou is one-half of the architect duo behind Good Hot, the sauna operation in Richmond, CA.—
Sylvie Florman,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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In over 14 years of collaboration with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, the duo created groundbreaking architectural landmarks in Beijing and Shanghai.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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On the property, a rousing troupe led the people with the sound of drums in the air and the carrying of statues representing Hindu spirits in what’s known as the Ogoh-Ogoh parade.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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This year, the ceremony will feature performances by Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional puppetry troupe from Kumamoto Prefecture and tap dancer Kazunori Kumagai.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
3 Mar. 2025
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Monaghan is part of the ensemble of HBO’s Lotus, one of the buzziest shows currently airing and streaming.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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Currently at the Laura Pels Theatre, the play features a powerful ensemble including Betsy Aidem, Audrey Corsa, Kayla Davion, Susannah Flood, Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Charlie Thurston and Adina Verson.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Octet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/octet. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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