triplet
Example Sentences
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If a parent, or parents, have one child, and the next are twins or triplets, then a claim can be made for all these children.
From BBC
The next best thing to having triplets on a high school football team is having three brothers.
From Los Angeles Times
Under too much light, though, chlorophyll can enter a dangerous "triplet" state, producing reactive oxygen molecules that can damage cells.
From Science Daily
But there’s one in particular … it’s one where Lucero, a big pop star in Mexico, plays three versions of herself, so she’s a triplet.
From Los Angeles Times
She moved with her family from New York - which does not allow religious exemptions for vaccines - to Florida, so her six-year-old unvaccinated triplets could attend public school with the waiver.
From BBC
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