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Recent Examples of sextet
Charlie Gurke, a baritone saxophone specialist who also plays tenor and alto, is the youngest member of the sextet and latest to join.
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the sextet of localized blazes—the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire, the Hurst fire, the Sunset fire, the Lidia fire, and the Kenneth fire—blurred in the public mind and in the sprawl of destruction into one great undifferentiated inferno.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The 22-episode YouTube series whittled down 11 teenage hopefuls from the United States and Canada through challenges focused on vocals, dancing, character, and star quality before Park selected the final sextet.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
That feat was last achieved by the sextet of actresses featured in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, which included Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, and Lola Dueñas.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the sextet of localized blazes—the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire, the Hurst fire, the Sunset fire, the Lidia fire, and the Kenneth fire—blurred in the public mind and in the sprawl of destruction into one great undifferentiated inferno.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The 22-episode YouTube series whittled down 11 teenage hopefuls from the United States and Canada through challenges focused on vocals, dancing, character, and star quality before Park selected the final sextet.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
That feat was last achieved by the sextet of actresses featured in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, which included Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, and Lola Dueñas.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sextet
Noun
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By Juan Velasquez April 4, 2025 Indie orchestral-pop quartet The Ophelias have a penchant for the classical.—
Juan Velasquez,
Them.,
4 Apr. 2025
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Each of Forest’s attacking quartet brings something different to the table, but their skill sets complement each other effectively to provide a vital creative edge — particularly during attacking transitions, which have been a consistent source of goals against ‘Big Six’ opposition.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On their second album, Illuminator, the Brooklyn quintet plays trembling space rock with airy, psych-pop hooks that recall the Cure, Spiritualized, and Spacemen 3.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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The quintet performs works by Bernstein, Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich and others on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at UConn’s Jorgensen Center.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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The trio combined to score 47 points, led by Bonham's 23.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The trio is singing along and performing a coordinated dance routine to an original song written and performed by Patrick Stump, the lead singer of Fall Out Boy.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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Now, Jimin has surpassed the poppy tune that helped introduce his group to an even wider Western audience – even beating that septet’s best showing.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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These people found one another at the civil rights movement’s apogee, and their septet — Black and white, men and women — was a union that advertised integration’s frictionless possibility.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Judd family — mother-daughter singing duo Naomi and Wynonna and actress Ashley — will be the focus of an upcoming Lifetime docuseries arriving next month.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The duo have teamed with Smartless Media, the company founded by Smartless hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, and SiriusXM for a new podcast – Staying Alive.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 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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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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The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sextet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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