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Recent Examples of five
His technique was to re-pattern the bones, turn the sixes up, the fives aligned and facing each other.
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
The Raen Keera frames scored perfect fives across the board during testing thanks to their UVA and UVB protection and their sturdy and secure fit that doesn’t slip or pinch.
—Jaylyn Pruitt, Health, 14 June 2023
Duffels that scored fives for durability showed no signs of damage and kept the contents safe.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
The Chicago White Sox rookie outfielder took matters into his own hands, giving high-fives to the air with a smile on his face.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
The Raen Keera frames scored perfect fives across the board during testing thanks to their UVA and UVB protection and their sturdy and secure fit that doesn’t slip or pinch.
—Jaylyn Pruitt, Health, 14 June 2023
Duffels that scored fives for durability showed no signs of damage and kept the contents safe.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
The Chicago White Sox rookie outfielder took matters into his own hands, giving high-fives to the air with a smile on his face.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
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Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have found agreement on trying to halt the flow of fentanyl into the United States, where it is blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths every year.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, the head of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States apologized for amassing a collection of tens of thousands of body parts, largely taken from Black and Indigenous people without their consent, during the first half of the 20th century.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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By the 1990s scenes, one of the sisters (the one who left Cuba) is dead and the older survivor, Omara Portuondo (Natalie Venetia Belcon), is being courted by a young producer (played by Justin Cunningham).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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But Consumer Reports only tested one sample from each brand, so more testing is needed to definitively say which brands have PFAS and which ones don’t, the organization said.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In The Substance, Moore, in real life a fantastic-looking 62, is playing an equally fantastic-looking woman in her mid- to late fifties.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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The stone and beige brick structures that now span almost an entire block of Circle Park Boulevard were constructed in the early fifties.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Governor, a paraplegic who has used a wheelchair since an accident in his twenties, was sitting toward the back of the audience, in a dark suit.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Francis had part of his lung removed in his twenties due to an infection, and he was briefly hospitalized for a case of bronchitis in 2023.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Twenty-five Israeli hostages and the bodies of eight others were released during the ceasefire in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Even outsourcing development can be expensive, often reaching tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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