triplets

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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

It is the only non-human primate in the top group and usually gives birth to twins or triplets, resulting in a full sibling rate of nearly 78%.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

The next best thing to having triplets on a high school football team is having three brothers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Henrietta and Eliza Huszti - both 32 and from a set of triplets originally from Hungary - disappeared on 7 January.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

But nothing compared to the cries that now emanated from the triplets, each outdoing the other.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord