triad

Then the horns enter one after another with rising arpeggios that gradually disclose an E-flat-major triad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The impact on a woman's period is why the condition was first referred to in the early 1990s as the "female athlete triad".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In one 2022 study, researchers explored whether increasing agreeableness would decrease levels of what is called the dark triad — or Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Experts say multi-partner families are increasingly common in the Bay Area — Chloe noted they were recently outbid for a house by another triad with a child.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

I bump into a triad of girls talking in the doorway.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Although the local law embraces triads, foursomes and other group relationships, the language bars registering of couples who have already declared other partnerships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Dave McKelvey, managing director of TM Eye private investigators, which works with tobacco firms to gather evidence on the illicit trade, claims that Fujian-based Chinese triads operate a "vast business" here in the UK.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

The number three speaks to the idea of balance and the mystical idea that certain energies can only be accessed through triads.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

Experimenters assigned some triads to go through a bonding session, where they were grouped according to color preferences, given uniforms, and led through an introductory chat session to build familiarity.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

The three chords in question can be expressed as the numbers I, IV and V because they are the triads that belong to the first, fourth and fifth notes of the major or minor scale.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall