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Recent Examples of fifty
The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.
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Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In The Substance, Moore, in real life a fantastic-looking 62, is playing an equally fantastic-looking woman in her mid- to late fifties.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Another surprise awaited her: the shocking reality of dating men in their fifties and sixties and seventies.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In The Substance, Moore, in real life a fantastic-looking 62, is playing an equally fantastic-looking woman in her mid- to late fifties.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Another surprise awaited her: the shocking reality of dating men in their fifties and sixties and seventies.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
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The tournament’s economic impact is projected to be in the tens of millions and according to Wilson, it is also expected to generate $2.5 million of charitable impact with several different entities and nonprofits benefiting, including First Tee of Greater Philadelphia.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Fierce winds brought down trees and power lines, leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power by the afternoon.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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If none of the other Framework Laptops have interested you yet, this one probably won't, either.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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There are significantly more general aviation aircraft flying than commercial ones.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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That's the airborne commander directing helicopters into both the embassy and Tan Son Nhut Airport outside Saigon to pick up hundreds of Americans and thousands of Vietnamese.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Adirondack Chairs Rather than shell out hundreds of dollars for a new Adirondack chair, why not take to Facebook Marketplace in search of a more affordable option?—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2025
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In my twenties, straight hair had represented professionalism, polish, and control.—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Scott first visited Southeast Asia in his early twenties.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.—
Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2022
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The Trump administration is threatening billions of dollars in federal funding to elite universities over their policies on diversity, equity and inclusion.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Further adding to gold’s luster is the dulled appeal of the U.S. dollar.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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