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• s  involving three parties or elements
  a tripartite treaty
  a tripartite division

• Now Nylonkong, that interconnected tripartite city, greases the wheels of trade and development.
• The tripartite talks should lead to political autonomy for Chechnya, under international supervision but within the Russian Federation.
• Nevertheless, the Constitution clearly creates three distinct departments, and some sort of executive privilege may properly be deduced from this general tripartite structure.

• three-party
• three-way

News & Articles

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• Study of insect bacteria reveals genetic secrets of symbiosis
  Microbiologists recently delved deeper into the genes involved in the "tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis." The researchers discovered the already complex three-way symbiosis actually depends on genes from six different organisms -- three more than the number of species that currently exist in the symbiosis.
  June 20, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• President Bush in Raw Story
  We are actively involved with the Turks and the Iraqis, through a tripartite arrangement, and we'll continue ...... dialoguing with the Turks,Bush said.
• George Osborne in Independent
  Mr Osborne said: "The tripartite system ...... failed spectacularly in its mission to ensure stability in the financial markets. The failure of certain banks cost the taxpayer a vast amount of money."
• John McFall in BusinessWeek
  The tripartite structure of regulation is in a state of flux at the moment: change and coordination are clearly needed to clarify responsibilities, but the picture is constantly moving,said John McFall, chairman of the Treasury Committee, in...