Why do I have three of every file when I search in finder?

When I open finder I see three of every file. I don't remember seeing this until recently. Are these duplicates and, if so, how can I delete them without going to every file name?

Are you searching in Finder or using Spotlight? If using spotlight then it's probably indexing both your system disk and some backup disks thus producing multiple hits.
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