fifties

Definition of fiftiesnext
plural of fifty

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Noun
  • In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered for a protest and march to speak out against ICE, with many expressing anger and outrage about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
    Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The truly great ones put those fires out.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • This week’s Club Sportico focuses on a series of sports betting investigations underway in college basketball, ones that could impact dozens of athletes at numerous D-I schools.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • It was buried inside a shipping container alongside a silencer, an Uzi submachine gun and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Although the divorce left Cher with limited immediate wealth, the royalty agreement proved to be valuable in the long-term, reportedly earning her tens of millions of dollars paid out gradually over decades.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Fifties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifties. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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