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triad

[trahy-ad, -uhd] / ˈtraɪ æd, -əd /


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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

For the first time it publicly confirmed Beijing's "nuclear triad" of air, submarine and land capabilities.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

This will provide needed targeting flexibility and increase the value of the most ready and responsive leg of our triad.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

And mind you, my old service “owns” two legs of America’s nuclear triad.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2025

If, for example, we are in the family or key of G, the chord of G - the triad G-B-D - is ‘home’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Some are one mother, one daughter, while others are triads like the Escobedo women — Cecilia and daughters Cindy and Abigail.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2022

As the nineteenth century progressed, though, the lure of the three governing triads, I, IV and V began to pall and the strength of the previously well-defined chords began to blur.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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