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
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There’s no bad time to visit here, located forty-five minutes north of Chicago, but the most charming season is autumn.
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Outside Online, 28 May 2025
If the department seems small, with just forty-five officers tasked with protecting more than twenty thousand residents, that’s because New Canaan has always been one of the safest towns in Connecticut.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
About seventy people crowded onto a vehicle intended for forty-five.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
But China has countered the Trump Administration’s tariffs of a hundred and forty-five per cent with tariffs of a hundred and twenty-five per cent, as of late April, on American goods.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
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Outside Online, 28 May 2025
If the department seems small, with just forty-five officers tasked with protecting more than twenty thousand residents, that’s because New Canaan has always been one of the safest towns in Connecticut.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
About seventy people crowded onto a vehicle intended for forty-five.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
But China has countered the Trump Administration’s tariffs of a hundred and forty-five per cent with tariffs of a hundred and twenty-five per cent, as of late April, on American goods.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forty-five
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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forty-five. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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