forty-five
noun
for·ty-five
ˌfȯr-tē-ˈfīv 
1
: a number that is five more than 40 see Table of Numbers
2
: a .45 caliber handgun
—usually written .45
3
: a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute
—usually written 45
forty-five
adjective
forty-five
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of forty-five in a Sentence
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The teacher also told the class that, forty-five years into the future, there would be a total eclipse visible from England, and Close resolved to see it.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Share [Findings] Half of the flights taken by British men aged twenty to forty-five are for stag parties.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
So, right now, according to this law, a person can be arrested without so much as an arrest warrant for up to forty-five days.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Six hundred and forty-five people died from heat in metro Phoenix in 2023, breaking the record set the previous year.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Inside, shoppers poked through such items as kitchen appliances, picture frames (forty-five dollars each), and a Wii Fit set.
—André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
According to Antony Lewis, the developer of the crossword-construction software Crossword Compiler, women accounted for roughly forty-five per cent of the company’s U.S. purchases in 2000, but by 2020 that number had fallen to about thirty-five per cent.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
The stage show boasts a standard two-hour and forty-five minute running time, while the Gregory Maguire novel on which it's based is significantly denser.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
Rabies, which is overwhelmingly transmitted by dogs, kills tens of thousands of people annually in South Asia—forty-five per cent of the global total.
—Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Share [Findings] Half of the flights taken by British men aged twenty to forty-five are for stag parties.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
So, right now, according to this law, a person can be arrested without so much as an arrest warrant for up to forty-five days.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Six hundred and forty-five people died from heat in metro Phoenix in 2023, breaking the record set the previous year.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Inside, shoppers poked through such items as kitchen appliances, picture frames (forty-five dollars each), and a Wii Fit set.
—André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
According to Antony Lewis, the developer of the crossword-construction software Crossword Compiler, women accounted for roughly forty-five per cent of the company’s U.S. purchases in 2000, but by 2020 that number had fallen to about thirty-five per cent.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
The stage show boasts a standard two-hour and forty-five minute running time, while the Gregory Maguire novel on which it's based is significantly denser.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
Rabies, which is overwhelmingly transmitted by dogs, kills tens of thousands of people annually in South Asia—forty-five per cent of the global total.
—Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forty-five. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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