1
: a musical composition for seven instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of seven
especially
: the performers of a septet
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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.
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The septet has collected a trio of wins on the Adult Contemporary chart—as many as all other K-pop stars combined.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
An evil queen, a charming prince, the titular princess, a magic mirror and a septet of characters named Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy all can be seen in the new trailer for Disney’s Snow White (due in theaters March 21, 2025).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The septet has collected a trio of wins on the Adult Contemporary chart—as many as all other K-pop stars combined.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
An evil queen, a charming prince, the titular princess, a magic mirror and a septet of characters named Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy all can be seen in the new trailer for Disney’s Snow White (due in theaters March 21, 2025).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Septet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septet. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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