1
: three times
—often used in combination
thrice-married
2
a
: in a threefold manner or degree
b
: to a high degree
Examples of thrice in a Sentence
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And those are just two of the more than 2,500 rabid fans who have converged at the Burbank Marriott on this hazy weekend in March for The Hollywood Show, a two-day gathering of aging TV and (some) film celebrities held thrice a year.
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Michael Callahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
The electrician already knew that the power plant had thrice failed to complete its sulfur emissions tests in 2023, and its electric output had been waning.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
The national champion came from the other 35 teams to crack the poll: California, which peaked at No. 11 and was thrice unranked.
—Aaron Beard, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Sharif is the preferred candidate of Pakistan’s powerful military, which, despite backing his ouster thrice in the past, recently allowed the 74-year-old back from exile in the U.K., quashed his corruption conviction, and repealed his lifetime ban from politics.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Its population is thrice the size of Ukraine’s, and its economy is more than ten times as large.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2024
However, these priorities aren’t necessarily shared by Pakistan’s military overlords, who may be backing Sharif today but have engineered his ouster thrice in the past—once via a coup d’état.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Jan. 2024
Donovan was right behind her with 11, thrice knocking down the deep ball.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
Michael Callahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
The electrician already knew that the power plant had thrice failed to complete its sulfur emissions tests in 2023, and its electric output had been waning.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
The national champion came from the other 35 teams to crack the poll: California, which peaked at No. 11 and was thrice unranked.
—Aaron Beard, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Sharif is the preferred candidate of Pakistan’s powerful military, which, despite backing his ouster thrice in the past, recently allowed the 74-year-old back from exile in the U.K., quashed his corruption conviction, and repealed his lifetime ban from politics.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Its population is thrice the size of Ukraine’s, and its economy is more than ten times as large.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2024
However, these priorities aren’t necessarily shared by Pakistan’s military overlords, who may be backing Sharif today but have engineered his ouster thrice in the past—once via a coup d’état.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Jan. 2024
Donovan was right behind her with 11, thrice knocking down the deep ball.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Thrice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrice. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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thrice
adverb1
: three times
2
: to a high degree
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