1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six: such as
a
: the performers of a sextet
b
: a hockey team
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In addition, Nav is offering a sextet of digital albums as exclusives through his webstore, each of with comes with the core 11-song set and a consistent trio of bonus tracks — and then three additional bonus tracks, which are different on each edition.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
The musical — which is a high-energy concert-style homage to the sextet of wives of Henry VIII — won 23 awards in the 2021-22 Broadway season, including the Tony for best original score and the Outer Critics Circle Award for best musical.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
To date, the sextet, all of whom report directly to Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, have collectively spent nearly 140 years working for the blue-chip brand.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This class of 911 certainly seems to have captured the imagination of the unnamed owner of the sextet headed for auction.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
The musical — which is a high-energy concert-style homage to the sextet of wives of Henry VIII — won 23 awards in the 2021-22 Broadway season, including the Tony for best original score and the Outer Critics Circle Award for best musical.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
To date, the sextet, all of whom report directly to Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, have collectively spent nearly 140 years working for the blue-chip brand.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This class of 911 certainly seems to have captured the imagination of the unnamed owner of the sextet headed for auction.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sextet. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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sextet
noun
sex·tet
sek-ˈstet 
1
: a musical composition for six instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of six
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