trilogy
noun
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Dozens of tragic trilogies were written for the Greek stage, though only one, Aeschylus's great Oresteia (consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, *and *The Eumenides), has survived complete. Authors in later years have occasionally chosen to create trilogies to allow themselves to develop a highly complex story or cover a long span of time. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings wasn't actually intended as a trilogy, but since it was published in three volumes it's usually called one. George Lucas's three original Star Wars movies are an example of a film trilogy (which he followed many years later by another).
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
Chibnall's use of the Daleks exclusively in the New Year's specials was for the most part pretty good, but this episode is by far the worst of that trilogy.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The first 15 seconds of the video teases an upcoming song, which will be featured on the third album of her Over It trilogy, Finally Over It, which is expected next year.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
The actress recently starred opposite her Modern Family costar Adam DeVine in Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022), a small-screen spinoff of the film trilogy, and showed off her singing chops as Audrey in an Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Trilogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trilogy. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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