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Recent Examples of sextet
No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
And that quartet of power right-handers could still become a sextet, with Topa close to returning from a season-long knee injury and Varland on call for a second straight September shift to relief.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The King's Singers The long-running English vocal sextet, founded in the 1960s by choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge, bring their holiday program to the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
The sextet’s energy was palpable inside the Barclays from beginning to end, as the excited crowd with arms waving saw Dickinson roam the stage and twirl the mike stand; the intensity in his wicked singing had not diminished over the decades.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
And that quartet of power right-handers could still become a sextet, with Topa close to returning from a season-long knee injury and Varland on call for a second straight September shift to relief.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The King's Singers The long-running English vocal sextet, founded in the 1960s by choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge, bring their holiday program to the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
The sextet’s energy was palpable inside the Barclays from beginning to end, as the excited crowd with arms waving saw Dickinson roam the stage and twirl the mike stand; the intensity in his wicked singing had not diminished over the decades.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sextet
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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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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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Nirvana, the compilation, also finds a home on a trio of rankings, though its performance does not match Nevermind.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
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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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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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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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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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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Ever since her husband died from a bee sting, the matriarch has smoothly guided her octet of rapscallions through proposals, scandals, and balloon disasters.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
14 June 2024
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After a sizzle reel showing various moments from Bond history, Qualley performed a dance number with a troupe of male dancers all dressed in tuxes.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
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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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sextet. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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