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troika

[troi-kuh] / ˈtrɔɪ kə /


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Warsh, Williams and Jefferson form the Fed’s policy steering group, known internally as the troika.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Three such titles this year are a heat-seeking troika that involve American notables who, after a period of relative domestic quiet, have showily returned to the international stage.

From New York Times May 24, 2024

The nation’s banks are regulated by a troika of regulators: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2023

A three-person U.N. "troika" will submit recommendations to the British government next week.

From Reuters Nov. 10, 2022

A team of porters loaded the Babushkinovs’ trunks and luggage onto the troika.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

What counts, at least as far as selling the show is concerned, is the mash-up of a classic title with a modern sensibility, so that troikas and patronyms become sports cars and upspeak.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2023

At a horse show, Nehru was just getting interested in the trotting horses and troikas, when he was dragged away to see Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Thank you—well, I have only just gotten home myself. And I confess, I have grown weary of train schedules and troikas, seasickness and hot air balloons.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Mead and qvass flowed in the very streets, and the castle-trumpets could not be heard for the sound of troikas and balalaïkas.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various

The rivers froze unusually early, and troikas had entirely superseded torosses on all the roads as early as the very beginning of October.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen




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