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The Oregon senior completed his first half marathon in May 2018 and finished the 13.1-mile course in two hours and threes minutes. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Runner With Cerebral Palsy Justin Gallegos to Run 2019 Chicago Marathon," 11 July 2019 Fred VanVleet rescued the Raptors down the stretch with his dazzling shooting from deep to score 22 points with five threes off the bench, while Leonard wound up with 22 points. — Janie Mccauley, BostonGlobe.com, "Raptors celebrated Canada’s first NBA title after beating injured Warriors," 14 June 2019 Thompson broke Curry’s NBA-record 13 3-pointers in a game with 14 threes against the Chicago Bulls on On October 29, 2018. — Jane Tyska, The Mercury News, "Photos: A look at Klay Thompson’s rookie year as Golden State Warriors prepare for tonight’s NBA draft," 20 June 2019 Your 6-8 player had better be able to shoot threes. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "NBA draft preview: Is four-play still an issue for Heat?," 17 June 2019 Davis shot over 33 percent from three-point range and was 39 for 106 (37 percent) on wide-open threes last season. — Neil Greenberg, The Denver Post, "After adding Anthony Davis, the Lakers are NBA title favorites. They shouldn’t be.," 17 June 2019 Davis shot over 33 percent from three-point range and was 39 for 106 (37 percent) on wide-open threes last season. — nola.com, "Lakers favored to win NBA title with Anthony Davis? Not so fast ...," 17 June 2019 Ranked 13th in the Pac-12 in both three-point percentage (38.6) and threes made per game (1.9). ... — Sean Meagher | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, "Oregon’s Louis King highlights Portland Trail Blazers’ final predraft workout," 16 June 2019 Older women in twos and threes strolled along, pulling through the racks, pausing here and there to tug at a waistband, check a price, buy a pair. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "Tokyo became a megacity by reinventing itself," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'three.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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