triad
Example Sentences
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Artists, mass media, infrastructure — the thriving triad was extraordinary to watch erupt.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike Pakistan, however, India has a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that completes its “nuclear triad” – the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land, air and sea.
From Reuters
China already is aiming at creating a land-sea-air triad like those of Russia and the United States, and soon it will have the capability of multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs.
From Washington Post
The police eventually arrested dozens of suspects, some of whom had ties to organized crime groups known as triads.
From New York Times
They were also accused of colluding with the attackers, some of whom had triad connections.
From BBC
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