How to Use triple-A in a Sentence

triple-A

noun
  • The last high-stakes debt ceiling fight, in 2011, caused the nation to lose its gold-standard triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poor’s.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 8 May 2023
  • As exciting a prospect as that might be, Monster Hunter Wilds is a dense game, filled with more systems and choices than most triple-A games of its kind.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Sweeney was promoted from triple-A on Aug. 16 to fill in for the hugely disappointing and overpaid Javier Báez, who is out for the season with a hip injury.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Iannetta was demoted to triple-A Colorado Springs for three weeks in August.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • If the United States were to withdraw, the bank would lose its triple-A credit rating, two credit-rating companies warned in recent weeks.
    — Max Bearak, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Ubisoft shares have slumped to decade-lows against this backdrop of dismal investor expectations about its triple-A games pipeline and financial prospects.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Roberts was unsure when Miller, who missed two months earlier this year with a shoulder injury before being demoted to triple-A before the All-Star break, would pitch again.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Virtual reality as a whole has long been missing triple-A titles.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Shortstop Alex Freeland also finished the year in triple-A, having impressed team evaluators and rival scouts.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Future Games Show will return this March, bringing new announcements and reveals from triple-A and indie game developers.
    — Rahul Majumdar, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • But Retro Game Corps, in particular, shows that battery life is only slightly better with weaker games and can be comparable or worse with triple-A titles.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
  • So, when the Dodgers sent Stone back to triple-A, their pitching department recommended a significant arsenal change.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • Some grumbled that opponents out of the pennant race would field the equivalent of triple-A lineups, while others moaned that a dugout of nearly 40 players gave a manager an unfair advantage.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This has become a major problem for many game developers, leading to many triple-A games either getting released on Xbox late or outright skipping the platform.
    — Rahul Majumdar, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Free trials for new triple-A games are sure to be popular, and especially so with Steam Deck owners who will appreciate being able to test how well a game runs on the handheld before deciding to buy it.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 17 May 2023
  • Fitch has already placed America’s triple-A credit rating, its highest score, on watch for a possible downgrade because of the political brinkmanship.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • On one side is the sprawling triple-A live service game Diablo IV, which not only needs to supply a satisfying experience over the course of a standard game but also requires constant updates and balancing in an evolving live environment.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025

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