Triple Crown

[trip-uhl kroun]

noun

1. an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.

2. a usually unofficial title held by someone who wins three major awards, achievements, or championships in the same year.

   She's the youngest player to have won the league's pitching triple crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts) two years in a row.

triple crown

noun

1. RC Church the Pope's tiara

2. horse racing the winning of three important races in one season

3. (often capitals) rugby Union a victory by Scotland, England, Wales, or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six (formerly, Five) Nations Championship Compare grand slam

Example Sentences

Having become just the fifth player to complete darts' triple crown with victory at the World Matchplay, Littler moved ever closer to the world number one spot by claiming the World Grand Prix title.

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Can you imagine Shohei Ohtani winning the Cy Young Award and MVP in the same season he hits his way to the triple crown?

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Newsom is running for president like Secretariat for the Triple Crown.

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He has won the Triple Crown twice, in 2012 with American Pharoah and 2015 with Justify.

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Triple Crown winner American Pharoah ran his first race on Aug. 9, where he finished fifth, and followed that with two Grade 1 wins in September.

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