triple-A

noun

tri·​ple-A ˈtri-pəl-ˈā How to pronounce triple-A (audio)
variants or less commonly triple-A battery

Examples of triple-A in a Sentence

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Future Games Show will return this March, bringing new announcements and reveals from triple-A and indie game developers. Rahul Majumdar, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Question #2: How Much Credit Risk? Security of principal ranges from the triple-A quality of the U.S. Treasury to the sketchiness of corporate borrowers on the cusp of default. William Baldwin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 This has become a major problem for many game developers, leading to many triple-A games either getting released on Xbox late or outright skipping the platform. Rahul Majumdar, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 However, February is packed as far as triple-A games are concerned, with blockbusters like Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Monster Hunter Wilds, and LAD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii vying for attention. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for triple-A 

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of triple-A was in 1963

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“Triple-A.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple-A. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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