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also quartette
as in trio
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Recent Examples of quartet
Billboard has an exclusive look at the emotional, candid trailer that captures the recording of the album and the vulnerabilities and frustrations that gripped John as the quartet worked at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios.
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Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2025
Rilo Kiley—the quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—haven’t performed together live since 2008.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Feb. 2025
The rap-rock quartet, made up of vocalist ASH, bassist Sato, drummer WANI, and DJ Dhalsim, celebrated its third anniversary in September and was reborn with a new lineup.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
The pair watched each other so as not to overstep on a beat and engaged in a stylistic showdown mid-song – Copeland’s jazzier style teamed with Fleetwood’s more primal thumping – as the quartet made joyful noise.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2025
Rilo Kiley—the quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—haven’t performed together live since 2008.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Feb. 2025
The rap-rock quartet, made up of vocalist ASH, bassist Sato, drummer WANI, and DJ Dhalsim, celebrated its third anniversary in September and was reborn with a new lineup.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
The pair watched each other so as not to overstep on a beat and engaged in a stylistic showdown mid-song – Copeland’s jazzier style teamed with Fleetwood’s more primal thumping – as the quartet made joyful noise.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartet
Noun
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The trio can be seen sitting together on an airplane as Gabrys and Hall both pet Frankie.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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And while the defense welcomed back a trio of defenders in senior Sophie Halus and juniors Neve O’Ferrall (Glenelg Country) and Kennedy Major (Gerstell), the unit also had to find a new goalkeeper to succeed four-year starter Emily Sterling.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Feb. 2025
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The quintet’s new EP drew inspiration from their debut album—which turns 20 this year.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The iconic quintet that recorded the 1977 blockbuster Rumours remained intact for over a decade, but eventually there was more drama, including Buckingham’s contentious removal from the band in 2018.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
9 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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When a compulsive shopper makes eyes with a naïve salesgirl, the duo must kindle their spark in secret, especially once their bond begins to raise suspicions.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
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The third installment ended up in arbitration amid a dispute over whether the duo met a March 2024 deadline; the decision is set to be announced by Monday, February 10.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes,
8 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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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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Equally uproarious are the members of the amateur theater troupe, spearheaded by Remy Auberjonois’ overly-sure-of-himself Bottom.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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This is when the theater troupe comes up with a plan.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartet. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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