Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifties
Noun
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Businesses in Geneva were boarded up and hundreds of riot police were deployed in the streets over concerns about violence.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026 -
New York City exploded with joy on Saturday night, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA finals.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Noun
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While fully waterproof ones are rare, plenty are water-resistant, which means most rain will roll off if angled properly.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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The companies that understand this transformation now are the ones that will be competitive later.—
Clay Chandler,
semafor.com,
19 June 2026
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The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that the 5% tax would generate tens of billions of dollars in the first few years, but that income tax revenues could subsequently decline by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.—
Sophie Austin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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SpaceX is set to tap investors for cash potentially just as Anthropic PBC and OpenAI seek to raise tens of billions of dollars in IPOs of their own as soon as this year.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Fifties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifties. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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