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Recent Examples of fifty
Now in his fifties, Koze is approaching an age when people might rightly describe him as avuncular.
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Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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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Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
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General Motors is recalling tens of thousands of Cadillac vehicles due to a video display issue that could increase the risk of crash, according to a notice posted this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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There are tens of thousands of restaurants there specializing in the pairing.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
6 June 2025
Noun
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These decisions suggest an effort to suppress all but the most overt nationalistic efforts from American artists, a fool’s errand given the outspoken nature of the creative community, and one that is not unfamiliar around the globe.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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Each of these is a live performance, and each one is a chance to iterate.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Sometimes there are individual wins, sometimes a group wins, occasionally there are top twos.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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People came in twos and threes to the intersection, all asking what had happened in English and Spanish.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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For over 50 years, psychologist John Gottman, along with his wife and fellow psychologist Julie Gottman, conducted hundreds of studies on relationships and communication.—
Kelley J. Brower,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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That’s a problem when leaders are tasked with navigating uncertainty, interpreting ambiguous data and making decisions that affect hundreds or thousands of lives.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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At Nova, the survivors are young people still in their twenties, perhaps with a lifetime of trauma ahead of them.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Charisma Carpenter, who portrayed cheerleader Cordelia Chase, has a son, Donovan, in his early twenties.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
20 May 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
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Grid operators must also pay the renewable energy provider a downward dispatch fee that can cost thousands of dollars per megawatt per hour.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But government economists have for years calculated that such standards save Americans hundreds of dollars a year in lower water and power bills.—
Coral Davenport,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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