as in triple
having three units or parts
a triplex house that features a separate apartment on each floor
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Recent Examples of triplex
Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Electric triplex and walk-behind mowers keep the greens tournament ready without fuel or noise pollution.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2025
Eventually, Streisand gave up and renovated her triplex at the Ardsley on Central Park West, where buildings are known for being far more liberal in their requirements than across the park.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The plan calls for the 12 condos in four separate three-story, triplex buildings.
—Noun
Urban Cottages of Little Rock Stay like a local at Urban Cottages, a 1923 triplex in the Governor's Mansion District with all the architectural charm the area is known for.
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Double-panes and triple-panes will increase insulation, reduce noise, and lower your energy bill.—
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His short program Thursday night, which began with a quad salchow and ended with a triple-triple combination, was good enough to briefly give him the lead, and keep him in the mix heading into Saturday’s free skate.—
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Mark Jovanovic, a real-estate agent, started helping rent the units around 2005 and couldn’t turn down an invitation to Bill and Donna’s duplex.—
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Karolidis had grown up in a low-slung duplex.—
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The triplets were born almost exactly a year after the deaths of their older siblings.—
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Osmium promotes singlet–triplet excitation, a type of low-energy electronic transition that allows absorption of longer-wavelength light.—
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According to the lawsuit, the condo association told Verizon in August that the weight of its antennas had damaged exterior masonry walls on a rooftop penthouse.—
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The hotel now has new club-level accommodations and a sprawling two-bedroom penthouse Residence Suite, as well as the largest spa in the city.—
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In the late 90s and early 2000s, doctors would often stop their search for a cause of abuse when bleeding around the brain and eyes and altered brain function, known as the triad of symptoms, was present in a patient.—
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Then in July 2026, Uranus enters Gemini, creating a rare triad of Fire and Air that electrifies communication, creativity, and financial flow.—
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The aim is to significantly increase the power density and efficiency of water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen based on noble metal-free catalysts in comparison to current systems.—
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Though designers will still prioritize efficiency, the triangle might not always be the default layout to achieve what a homeowner wants.—
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
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Kohler made all six of his field goal attempts, including a trio of 3-pointers, and sank his only free throw.—
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Álvarez, who owned a modest condo in Tampa and incorporated a company there in April 2017, gave an exclusive telephone interview from her jail in Colombia, proclaiming her innocence.—
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Click here for more photos of the Sierra Towers condo.—
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“Triplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplex. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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