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Recent Examples of quintet
From the second Payne joined Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik to form One Direction, the quintet was documented.
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Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety When younger brother Donny joined up in 1970, the quartet became a quintet and the name was changed to simply the Osmonds.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
For all the great pitching San Francisco has gotten this millennium, the quintet of Lincecum, Bumgarner, Cain, Webb and Schmidt separated themselves from the pack.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
Hailing from Mobile, Ala., the quintet has earned a large following and is able to sell out venues across the U.S.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety When younger brother Donny joined up in 1970, the quartet became a quintet and the name was changed to simply the Osmonds.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
For all the great pitching San Francisco has gotten this millennium, the quintet of Lincecum, Bumgarner, Cain, Webb and Schmidt separated themselves from the pack.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
Hailing from Mobile, Ala., the quintet has earned a large following and is able to sell out venues across the U.S.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quintet
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Rilo Kiley—the quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—haven’t performed together live since 2008.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
4 Feb. 2025
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The rap-rock quartet, made up of vocalist ASH, bassist Sato, drummer WANI, and DJ Dhalsim, celebrated its third anniversary in September and was reborn with a new lineup.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
1 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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The triangle might have rotated at times, but there were multiple instances within the opening 15 minutes of the close attention being paid by Liverpool’s trio.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Ben James, 28, has replaced Bonsall, alongside the trio of Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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When a compulsive shopper makes eyes with a naïve salesgirl, the duo must kindle their spark in secret, especially once their bond begins to raise suspicions.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
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The mother-daughter duo also opted for a black-and-white color scheme at the California film festival, with Jolie rocking a silky black halter gown and her daughter wearing another white dress, this time an A-line gown with lace detailing and white fabric flowing down one shoulder.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
8 Feb. 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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Ever since her husband died from a bee sting, the matriarch has smoothly guided her octet of rapscallions through proposals, scandals, and balloon disasters.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
14 June 2024
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That is also the reason this final show is taking place in winter instead of spring when most previous stop/time shows happened, so members of the troupe can spend time with their families around graduation time.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2025
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Among the most successful and socially complicated acts in Black vaudeville was the Whitman Sisters: a troupe composed of Mabel, Essie, Alberta, and Alice Whitman.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quintet. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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