as in triad
a group of three
the band was just a trio of musicians on piano, drums, and saxophone
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Recent Examples of trio
Ground your garden’s corners with focal plants—shrubs, mounding perennials, or trios of smaller annuals.
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Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
Separately, a trio of crypto bills failed again to jump a procedural hurdle in Congress despite President Donald Trump's earlier assurance that holdouts would vote yes.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Trail cameras set up in the wilderness captured a trio of the fluffy wolf pups playing in the woods.
—Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025
During a recent appearance on Lewis Howes’ podcast The School of Greatness, the eldest member of the sibling trio revealed that his funds were drained from an unsuccessful investment partnership that followed the band’s breakup in 2013.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
Separately, a trio of crypto bills failed again to jump a procedural hurdle in Congress despite President Donald Trump's earlier assurance that holdouts would vote yes.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Trail cameras set up in the wilderness captured a trio of the fluffy wolf pups playing in the woods.
—Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025
During a recent appearance on Lewis Howes’ podcast The School of Greatness, the eldest member of the sibling trio revealed that his funds were drained from an unsuccessful investment partnership that followed the band’s breakup in 2013.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trio
Noun
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Only the first and last chords in the sequence are solid triads, the rest tinged by dissonance to one degree or another.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Hakim’s triad includes gait issues, urinary incontinence and cognitive difficulties.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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In the photo, which Lourd shared on Instagram, her son Kingston and daughter Jackson looked up at a TV playing 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Gunn said Cooper came to embody the role because of their previous working relationship on the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, in which the actor voiced the fierce raccoon Rocket.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
13 July 2025
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Not surprisingly, its 2025 proxy statement reveals the toxic governance triumvirate – incentives, incompetence and indifference – that lures troublesome attention from both hackers and activists.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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On the flip side, the Pittsburgh Penguins have remained loyal to their estimable triumvirate of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Brittany suffered various complications after giving birth to her triplets, GMA reported, including postpartum preeclampsia, cardiomyopathy and heart failure.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Samberg was referring to a 2018 documentary that followed a pair of identical triplets who were separated at birth by the Louise Wise adoption agency.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Trio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trio. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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