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Recent Examples of five
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
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The United Arab Emirates will cover the food and accommodation costs of tens of thousands of travelers stranded in the country during the conflict in the Middle East, according to state media.—
Karla Cripps,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Elo-Rivera’s office said there are 5,115 empty second homes in San Diego that could raise tens of millions of dollars annually, though the estimates vary greatly — from $12 million to up to $51 million in the first year, according to Lori Weisberg of The San Diego Union-Tribune.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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No one answered calls placed Thursday to numbers listed for possible relatives of McCloud.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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The result is that the only outlets chilled by equal-time concerns are the very ones already losing audience share.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Once again, Khamenei used the full force of the state to stifle calls for change, with hundreds killed and thousands arrested in the crackdown.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Night after night inside Dilley with hundreds of other families, the grade-schooler wept and pleaded to know why they were being held.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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