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Recent Examples of fifty
In the late fifties and early sixties, Arbus shot in 35-mm., the format of photojournalism.
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
His parents migrated to Dubai from the southern Indian state of Kerala in the late fifties and taught English before opening their own school in 1968.
—Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In videos and photos on social media, Leake, now in his early fifties, had the aura of an elder-statesman goth punk.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
The prevalence of disability rises from less than 20% to nearly 40% between our twenties and our sixties Our fifties are a tipping point.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
His parents migrated to Dubai from the southern Indian state of Kerala in the late fifties and taught English before opening their own school in 1968.
—Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In videos and photos on social media, Leake, now in his early fifties, had the aura of an elder-statesman goth punk.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
The prevalence of disability rises from less than 20% to nearly 40% between our twenties and our sixties Our fifties are a tipping point.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
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Largely at the direction of Musk, the Trump administration has tried to get rid of tens of thousands of government employees since the outset of his second term.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Out of the tens of thousands of independent films made each year, less than 1% of those films receive nationwide theatrical distribution.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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But MacDonough found that provision also out of order, as well as one that would have prevented undocumented migrants from receiving assistance under the program.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
23 June 2025
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In other words, day one was largely the success many Tesla pundits expected, given the restrictions Musk put in place to ensure safety, but one that nonetheless leaves room for improvement even before the service expands to more users.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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And then the, the like twos, like the little numbers above, like the, exponential thing is like survivalism and ability to be vulnerable.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 May 2025
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Their effective field-goal percentage, a metric that accounts for threes being worth more than twos, never has been 50% against Minnesota.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 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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Congressman Tim Moore actively traded around Liberation Day Moore, a Republican, then failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in purchases and sales as markets dropped and then popped following the president’s April 2 tariff announcement.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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Hopes for a new $600-per-child state income tax credit aimed at hundreds of thousands of households eventually became a flat $250 payment — and only to families making about $67,000 per year or less.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Many of the Pulse shooting victims were in their twenties, some in their late teens, just babies.—
Marcos Gonsalez,
Time,
12 June 2025
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The youngest are in their twenties and the oldest are in their seventies.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
5 June 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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Essentially, stablecoins integrate the U.S. dollar within the blockchain — merging the reliability and stability of fiat with the rapidity, transparency, and programmability associated with crypto.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The Department of Defense, which has consistently failed to account for its hundreds of trillions of dollars in assets, is listed as a priority at the top of the memo.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2025
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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