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also quartette
as in trio
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Recent Examples of quartet
That’s pretty good for a short, dark British TV drama in four, one-hour quartets filmed in the North of England.
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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
By Juan Velasquez April 4, 2025 Indie orchestral-pop quartet The Ophelias have a penchant for the classical.
—Juan Velasquez, Them., 4 Apr. 2025
Each of Forest’s attacking quartet brings something different to the table, but their skill sets complement each other effectively to provide a vital creative edge — particularly during attacking transitions, which have been a consistent source of goals against ‘Big Six’ opposition.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Sadly, Linda Lavin, who stood out with her elderly Jewish shtick, passed away suddenly after filming just eight episodes of Mid-Century Modern, so the quartet is now reduced to three.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
By Juan Velasquez April 4, 2025 Indie orchestral-pop quartet The Ophelias have a penchant for the classical.
—Juan Velasquez, Them., 4 Apr. 2025
Each of Forest’s attacking quartet brings something different to the table, but their skill sets complement each other effectively to provide a vital creative edge — particularly during attacking transitions, which have been a consistent source of goals against ‘Big Six’ opposition.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Sadly, Linda Lavin, who stood out with her elderly Jewish shtick, passed away suddenly after filming just eight episodes of Mid-Century Modern, so the quartet is now reduced to three.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartet
Noun
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When faced with one of the better midfield trios in the land, Manchester United retreated into strange spurts of self-preservation.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Later on, Weekend Update featured a trio of guest appearances from Bowen Yang who resurrected his recurring Chinese trade minister Chen Biao, Emil Wakim and his notes on American patriotism and Sarah Sherman as Jost’s fictitious accountant Dawn Altman.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2025
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On their second album, Illuminator, the Brooklyn quintet plays trembling space rock with airy, psych-pop hooks that recall the Cure, Spiritualized, and Spacemen 3.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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The quintet performs works by Bernstein, Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich and others on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at UConn’s Jorgensen Center.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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With 12 total Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s, the sextet ties Disturbed for the eighth-most leaders in the chart’s history (which dates to 1981).—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
7 Feb. 2025
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In addition, Nav is offering a sextet of digital albums as exclusives through his webstore, each of with comes with the core 11-song set and a consistent trio of bonus tracks — and then three additional bonus tracks, which are different on each edition.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Judd family — mother-daughter singing duo Naomi and Wynonna and actress Ashley — will be the focus of an upcoming Lifetime docuseries arriving next month.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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When host Andy Cohen asked the duo about the exit of castmate Garcelle Beauvais, their silence – and then catty answers – drew backlash from fans.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Now, Jimin has surpassed the poppy tune that helped introduce his group to an even wider Western audience – even beating that septet’s best showing.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 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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The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 Jan. 2025
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The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartet. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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