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quintet

[kwin-tet] / kwɪnˈtɛt /


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The quintet was so hopelessly tangled that it took the fifth tiebreaker, the combined win-percentage of conference opponents, to determine who would meet the Cavaliers in Charlotte.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

The resulting quintet that played together for the first time in early 1977 may have had a cutting-edge sound, but Orr and Ocasek, at least, were musical veterans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The quintet could never have imagined what lay before them.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

The fourth album by Dublin's Fontaines DC sees the quintet take their scratchy, sinister sound and run it through a Technicolor filter.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

Newsome Park was a natural place for the quintet to land, its endless city-within-a-city blocks a ready-made brew of neighbors, social organizations, and advice for newcomers.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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