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Recent Examples of five
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.
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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.
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Satoshi Sugiyama,
Reuters,
15 Sep. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
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Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
—
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
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
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Multiple tornadoes tore through Illinois and Indiana Sunday, killing at least two people as severe thunderstorms continue to sweep through the Midwest early Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands across the region.
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In total, many tens of millions of people around the world suffer from some form of paralysis and could profoundly benefit from brain-computer interfaces.
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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.
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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.
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In the footage, three children appear to be emerging from the rubble one after another, seemingly without major injuries, as rescuers provided assistance.
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Reflective, multilayer shields will block the most heat, and ones with a thicker foam core will work much better than thin ones.
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For years, Hollywood star Emilia Clarke didn’t speak publicly about suffering two brain hemorrhages in her twenties.
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In his twenties: stands in the batter’s box as his Atlanta Braves teammate Hank Aaron hits his seven-hundred-and-fifteenth homer.
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Baer has written more than a dozen books, hosted hundreds of seminars and released thousands of online videos.
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Multistate operators move quickly, but so do hundreds of smaller players chasing the same usually finite licenses.
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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