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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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.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
And that quartet of power right-handers could still become a sextet, with Topa close to returning from a season-long knee injury and Varland on call for a second straight September shift to relief.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The King's Singers The long-running English vocal sextet, founded in the 1960s by choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge, bring their holiday program to the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
And that quartet of power right-handers could still become a sextet, with Topa close to returning from a season-long knee injury and Varland on call for a second straight September shift to relief.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The King's Singers The long-running English vocal sextet, founded in the 1960s by choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge, bring their holiday program to the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Sextet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sextet. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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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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