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Meanwhile, three other titles — Folklore, Lover, and Midnights — also return to the two rankings, rounding out Swift’s impressive quintet of returning bestsellers.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That elite quintet consisted of domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed, chief strategist Mike Donilon, legislative affairs guru Steve Ricchetti and chief of staff Ron Klain, each of whom had deep ties to Biden.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Incomparable Leadership: The victory was achieved in part by the efforts of an historically exceptional quintet of leaders: Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Marshall and, yes, Stalin.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
In more recent years, highlights of this ongoing tradition have included African storytelling and performances by an acapella gospel quintet, a reggae band, a steel-drum band, a dance team, and a double-dutch jump rope team.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That elite quintet consisted of domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed, chief strategist Mike Donilon, legislative affairs guru Steve Ricchetti and chief of staff Ron Klain, each of whom had deep ties to Biden.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Incomparable Leadership: The victory was achieved in part by the efforts of an historically exceptional quintet of leaders: Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Marshall and, yes, Stalin.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
In more recent years, highlights of this ongoing tradition have included African storytelling and performances by an acapella gospel quintet, a reggae band, a steel-drum band, a dance team, and a double-dutch jump rope team.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quintet
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Fortunately, the quartet opted against playing the old hits forever and, in early 2024, started writing what would become their eighth record, More.—
Dan Reilly,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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The quartet of Emmanuel Clase, Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis and Tim Herrin remains the team’s core strength.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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But gather this sextet — which also includes Chelsea Handler, Hasan Minhaj and Seth Meyers — around a table with a few old-fashioneds, and the mood is anything but bleak.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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This disruption of the sextet sets the rest of the story in motion, as everyone reacts and recoils, prompted to judge one another and themselves.—
Margaret Lyons,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Currently in early development, the film will retain the core dynamic of the iconic trio while exploring new genre territory.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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After revealing earlier this month that there were three top contenders for the most powerful creative job in British television, audio, and streaming, Deadline hears one of the trio is now not in the running.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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The star went on to reveal that the septet’s reunion will be speedy once the final five members finish their enlistments.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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The major-label debut single by the septet born from the No No Girls audition show dropped digitally on April 2 and debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 9.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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Garland often shares videos of the duo together on Daredevil's social media account.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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As the duo travel through the city, Amir discovers that Rob’s full name — Robin Feld — can still open lots of doors.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 Jan. 2025
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Minty Fresh Circus: This Black circus troupe conceived by producer Monique Martin uses circus routines to inform about African American history and culture.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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The couple met in Chicago at Second City, the famed comedy troupe, and married in 1978.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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