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tertiary

[tur-shee-er-ee, tur-shuh-ree] / ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, ˈtɜr ʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
third
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It has taken time for investor enthusiasm to return to the story, as the secondary and tertiary beneficiaries of AI continue to outperform, Moore noted on Monday.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Everything in “Mother Mary” feels like it exists in a dream within a dream: the tertiary characters who fade in and out of the narrative, the catchy yet indistinct pop songs, the dreary midnight-blue location.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

The books were rather secondary, or even tertiary.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Microsoft is also providing tools and training for tertiary students, teachers and nonprofits.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

Today only tertiary remains as a common designation everywhere, even though it no longer represents a third period of anything.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

And the colors are luscious, richly blended primaries and secondaries and tertiaries that are saturated and sensual and accentuated with blinding highlights.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2019

It is easy to understand the composition of secondaries, but it is not so easy to know the tertiaries and quaternaries.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

Hence, also, proper quantities of either the three primaries, the three secondaries, or the three tertiaries, produce variously a brown mixture.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

She was attracted by what she had heard of the desert anchorites, and in 1363-1364, after much struggle, persuaded her parents to allow her to take the habit of the Dominican tertiaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

For a room that is small and well lighted the fresh tints are not as desirable as the gray shades or tertiaries in conjunction with secondaries.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)




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