trifecta
Americannoun
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Sports.
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a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order.
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a race in which such bets are made.
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a group, set, or series of three; a triad.
Plain yogurt is the perfect food, with its trifecta of carbs, protein, and fat.
noun
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a form of betting in which the punter selects the first three place-winners in a horse race in the correct order
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any achievement involving three successful outcomes
Etymology
Origin of trifecta
First recorded in 1970–75; tri- + (per)fecta
Example Sentences
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The 2025 memoir garnered high praise from bestseller-inducing trifecta Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Jenna Bush Hager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The July contract “ran into a bearish weekend trifecta of milder weather forecasts, weak LNG and rising supply,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet it’s still a trifecta of record closes that hadn’t been achieved by the three major indexes since Oct.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
That includes two in Indiana, the Louisville-area seat in Kentucky, the Kansas City district in Kansas, and, if they hold a trifecta this fall, a single district in New Hampshire.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
He said, “Lieutenant, you should know that the kid kind of hit the trifecta of troubles.”
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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