triad
Example Sentences
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And mind you, my old service “owns” two legs of America’s nuclear triad.
From Salon
Artists, mass media, infrastructure — the thriving triad was extraordinary to watch erupt.
From Los Angeles Times
I bump into a triad of girls talking in the doorway.
From Literature
Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time showcased China’s nuclear triad—its land, sea and air-launched ballistic nuclear missiles—at a Beijing parade honoring the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in September.
That “Die My Love” is among a triad of this fall’s “mother on the verge” resurgence — squeezed between last month’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and Thanksgiving’s “Hamnet” — doesn’t exactly help its case.
From Salon
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