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Recent Examples of forty-five
Sander envisioned some five hundred to six hundred photographs, divided into more than forty-five portfolios of twelve photographs each, organized in seven overarching groups.
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Noam M. Elcott, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
The number of displaced people kept increasing until, one day in November, our home had become a refuge for over forty-five relatives, all sharing our meals.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
On September 23, 1947, forty-five members of the American film industry were subpoenaed by HUAC to prove their loyalty to the United States.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
At forty-five years old, Shane was fit and healthy.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Noam M. Elcott, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
The number of displaced people kept increasing until, one day in November, our home had become a refuge for over forty-five relatives, all sharing our meals.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
On September 23, 1947, forty-five members of the American film industry were subpoenaed by HUAC to prove their loyalty to the United States.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
At forty-five years old, Shane was fit and healthy.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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Garcia yelled gang slogans and fired the revolver, shooting one of the men in his face and left arm, the release said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The gun charges stemmed from Hunter Biden’s 2018 purchase of a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Investigators also found eight 9 mm casings fired from a Glock pistol at the scene where Holmes was killed, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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At issue is whether the police search of Mangione's backpack was legal as officers went on to find a pistol, silencer and notebook inside.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The man claimed that the individual was armed with a silver handgun, police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
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The video showed a masked man holding a handgun in front of what appears to be a Nazi flag.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
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The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
27 Jan. 2022
Noun
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Bystander footage showed an agent drawing his sidearm and firing at 37-year-od Renee Nicole Macklin Good after trying to prevent her from driving away in her SUV.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
25 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Noun
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There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
30 Aug. 2023
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