quadriad

[kwod-ree-ad]

noun

1. a group of four, especially a group of four persons with an interest or task in common.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadriad¹

quadri- + -ad ¹

Example Sentences

After the Quadriad meeting, the President remained alone while the rest of the group dined at the Laurel Cabin.  

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Rita Gorman, a former pension fund administrator who lives on 190th Street, said the Quadriad towers make no sense: “Visually, it’s out of whack.”

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Councilman Rodriguez said that Quadriad should tap public funds so that working-class people can afford them.

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Quadriad tried to introduce a 21-story tower in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that would have had 270 apartments, 90 of which would have been middle-income, but the Planning Commission balked.

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Quadriad is dangling all kinds of incentives for the project, estimated to cost $335 million.

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