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Recent Examples of fifty
Grossman hopes her experience can inspire single women in their forties, fifties and beyond.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In the nineteen-forties and fifties, the two strands of research came together in the work of Claude Shannon, a founder of information theory.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Partly because of the Administration’s projects, the building-trades unions have added fifty thousand new members in the past year—their most significant growth since the fifties.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In the nineteen-forties and fifties, the two strands of research came together in the work of Claude Shannon, a founder of information theory.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Partly because of the Administration’s projects, the building-trades unions have added fifty thousand new members in the past year—their most significant growth since the fifties.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
Noun
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The deadly Palisades and Eaton fires grew to be the largest, scorching tens of thousands of acres and destroying thousands of buildings.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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An airborne alien virus, designed to rewrite DNA, had been released over New York City in 1946 and spread globally, infecting tens of thousands worldwide.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That in mind, Sony and co-financier Macro Film Studios kept costs low on this one with a $14 million production budget.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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As far as live service games go, this one looks like a premium game.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Brown is an athletic guard who can guard ones and twos on the court and destroy those who are less athletic.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Looking at hundreds of samples under a microscope is exhausting, especially considering only about 5% of the stool samples are positive.—
Dr. William Morice,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Since then, opioids have been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The choir itself was all male, but with a diverse age range: choirboys, men in their late twenties, others well into middle age.—
Oskar Oprey,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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For example, a couple in their early twenties with a combined annual income of $75,000 is unlikely to splurge on a $100,000 engagement ring, making an extravagant mined stone seem improbable.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.—
Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2022
Noun
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Paying an appliance service technician to show up is sometimes the most expensive part of hiring out an oven repair, as the service call charge can be hundreds of dollars.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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The national debt is expected to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by President-elect Donald Trump.—
JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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