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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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No peace or strength One lie that Trump has chosen to assail Canada is that the country is a kingpin in the fentanyl trade that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year.—
Andreas Kluth,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The decades-long presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Europe, since the end of World War II, has also played an important deterrent role against possible adversaries that might seek to attack Europe, including Russia.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 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
Noun
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Kim measures loudness via a descriptive scale, shifting the seemingly objective audiogram from an individualizing register into a personal one.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Margie is the one that came up with a lot of what makes Maker’s Mark, well, Maker’s Mark.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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By her early twenties, Myricks felt a call to do something other than marketing.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2025
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Both players were consensus top ten picks early on in the draft process, but now often fall to the teens or early twenties.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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