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Recent Examples of five
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
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Power and wealth are consolidating in very few pockets, while Democrats keep pinging me for tens and twenties.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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While there are alternative measures of economic activity, none can match the reach of the federal government, which surveys tens of thousands of households and businesses every month.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The ones that don’t peel off fabric that’s not 100% cotton.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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This is a different Vanderbilt team, one that is far more dangerous than the group that fashioned the 2024 breakout season.—
Matt Hayes,
USA TODAY,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But his remarks, which will be livestreamed to the public, will also provide a prime photo opportunity with Hegseth addressing hundreds of top military generals as their boss.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service attended by hundreds, opened fire and set the building ablaze.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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