triplet
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In other technologies, however, triplet formation may need to be limited.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 2008, one sister triplet was miscarried, while two of her sisters lived "for a significant amount of time", but NUH registered all three babies as miscarriages.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He married his college sweetheart, with whom he would have triplet sons, and joined Exxon as a research engineer in Tulsa, Okla., in 1963.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
We’re all crowding around to see it: the barely visible blur left by the triplet of eruptions that tipped a civilization into collapse.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
In this respect the 2 + 1 triplet has become as habitual to post-jazz popular song as the unwritten notes inegales were to the dance music of Lully and Rameau.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
"When that happens, triplets easily fizzle out before they ever meet. Molecules must be close enough for energy to transfer but separated enough to prevent quenching of excitons."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
"I am very scared and traumatised," Esnat Joseph, a 36-year-old Malawian woman, told the BBC as she tried to comfort her crying one-year-old triplets.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Although technically written in 4/4 time, the piano and percussion play eighth-note triplets throughout, creating a soothing, hypnotic effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Before Leila Green became a mother of triplets three years ago, she envisaged she'd be the kind of parent who would use reusable nappies.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
The triplets waited at the end of the driveway in Theo’s Camry.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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