variants
or .45
as in revolver
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Recent Examples of forty-five
What that means—when Bunty might report to work, and what happens after forty-five days—went unsaid.
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Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Eventually, Abbott would send forty-five thousand people to New York, most of them Venezuelans, along with another thirty-seven thousand people to Chicago, nineteen thousand to Denver, and twelve thousand to Washington.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2013, much of Presley’s estate was acquired for a hundred and forty-five million dollars by a company called Authentic Brands Group.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Eventually, Abbott would send forty-five thousand people to New York, most of them Venezuelans, along with another thirty-seven thousand people to Chicago, nineteen thousand to Denver, and twelve thousand to Washington.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2013, much of Presley’s estate was acquired for a hundred and forty-five million dollars by a company called Authentic Brands Group.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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Body camera footage from a second officer showed the man, clad in a white T-shirt and jeans and walking outside the fast-food restaurant raising what police said was the .38-caliber revolver officers recovered next to Tolliver after he was shot.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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The movie is finally being released on Friday, three and a half years after its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was shot and killed by a real bullet fired from an old-fashioned revolver that its star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing with on a set in New Mexico.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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He was disguised with a knit stocking and sunglasses and carried a pistol, according to KHBS/KHOG-TV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Forget about the cheetah’s speed, the eagle’s eyesight or the elephant’s brute strength, and say hello to the invisible glass frog, the indestructible honey badger and the pistol shrimp who can fire bubbles that are as hot as the surface of the sun.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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The crew also stole at least three handguns during the spree, authorities said.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
16 May 2025
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The detective alleged Cross’ handgun was likely modified with a switch to fire 15 bullets in one second.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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The closures left providers in twenty-two states—including the nation’s three largest cities—without a Head Start point of contact.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Néstor won the 2003 election with only twenty-two per cent of the vote after Menem withdrew from the race.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Clearly the basic architecture is meant to accommodate full field dress: boots, sidearm, plate hanger, the works.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, despite the sidearms and tactical gear, Dunn and his agents are practically Canadian in their politeness.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Scott, formerly of Hartford, was convicted of kidnapping resulting in Velez’s death and with causing the death of Velez through the use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2025
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The bill has come under scrutiny, as a similar type of firearm was used in a 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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