three-way
adjective
1
: involving three people or groups
a three-way conversation/deal/partnership
2
: allowing movement in any one of three directions
a three-way intersection
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There’s a great three-way race between Josh Allen, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson for MVP this year, but given truth serum, every coach in the league would take Mahomes at quarterback.
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Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Yoon joined Biden and Japan’s then prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023 for a landmark three-way summit at the Camp David presidential retreat that included a promise to step up intelligence cooperation on North Korea.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
The president asked outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer to try to set up a new government, but talks on potential three-way and two-way coalitions without the far right ran aground over how to get Austria’s budget in shape and also revive the economy.
—Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
At 7-8 and currently in a three-way tie with the Indianapolis Colts and the Miami Dolphins for eighth place in the AFC, the Bengals own a 1% chance of making the postseason with two games left on tap.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Yoon joined Biden and Japan’s then prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023 for a landmark three-way summit at the Camp David presidential retreat that included a promise to step up intelligence cooperation on North Korea.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
The president asked outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer to try to set up a new government, but talks on potential three-way and two-way coalitions without the far right ran aground over how to get Austria’s budget in shape and also revive the economy.
—Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
At 7-8 and currently in a three-way tie with the Indianapolis Colts and the Miami Dolphins for eighth place in the AFC, the Bengals own a 1% chance of making the postseason with two games left on tap.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Three-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/three-way. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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