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Recent Examples of sextet
That feat was last achieved by the sextet of actresses featured in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, which included Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, and Lola Dueñas.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
—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
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sextet
Noun
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The quartet even took their show to the big screen with Impractical Jokers: The Movie before Gatto's departure.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Likewise, Aston Villa have a quartet — Matty Cash (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Rogers (West Brom), Ezri Konsa (Charlton) and Tyrone Mings (Ipswich and Bournemouth) — who have progressed from either the Championship or League One to England’s top tier.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The quintet is averaging 69.5 points per game, the highest among major conferences.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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Here’s how the quintet fared during their Chicago tenures.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Obviously, the focus is around the original trio [Giddens, Flemons, and Robinson] but there were a lot of people who’ve been through the Chocolate Drops: Hubby Jenkins, Leyla McCalla, Súle Greg Wilson.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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The trio reluctantly decide to split up and let Pete go off on his own to find water.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
23 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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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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Under the pact, the duo will develop and produce series through their company Midwest Livestock, Inc.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the win over the Terps, elite frontcourt duo Daniel Wolf and Vladislav Goldin combined for 46 points, 24 rebounds, and four assists.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Over the years, Gabe has starred in several comedy troupes onstage and landed roles in TV and movies.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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For Johnson, the decision to create a troupe of actors who would play different characters throughout was both practical and philosophical.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sextet. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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