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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
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Unfortunately, any of the giant armada of smaller objects tens of meters wide is still large enough to annihilate Beijing, Lagos, or New York – objects such as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 – and those are far harder to detect.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026 -
Public school enrollment has dropped by tens of thousands of students since 2020, with the younger grades among the slowest to recover.—
Tina Dello Russo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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My aunt and uncle, who live in Santa Fe—home to the International Folk Art Market, one of the largest such festivals in the world (the next one is July 9-12)—are devoted flea-market pickers and collectors of antique oddities.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Mahomes going against Bills quarterback Josh Allen always makes for must-watch TV, and this one will have added spectacle as a Thanksgiving night game played in the Bills’ brand-new Highmark Stadium.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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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
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Logano is winless so far this season, and while there have been flashes—two top fives, a pole at Phoenix—there’s also been frustration.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Girard is undersized at 5-foot-10, but is still adept at keying his teams in transition and controlling the game at five-on-five.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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So, instead of having a destroyer or frigate-class asset on station, China could send dozens or hundreds of cheap, autonomous drones instead.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Europe’s leading nations possess hundreds of pro clubs connected to youth development systems.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Jan. 2026
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In Los Angeles, for example, the city spent more than 50 million dollars in 2021 on policing homelessness, yet unsheltered homelessness still increased.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Yolo County’s homeless population declined slightly over the past two years, but nearly two-thirds of the people counted in January were living outdoors as county leaders considered millions of dollars in cuts to the services many rely on.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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