five

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Recent Examples of five In 153 minutes together at five-on-five, Bedard and Hall have outscored opponents 9-8. Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 At five-on-five, Zuccarello was on the ice for 25 shot attempts against versus 11 for, Boldy 23 shot attempts against versus 10 for and Rossi 25 shot attempts against versus 10 for. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 In the last four games at five-on-five, Drysdale has been on the ice for seven Flyers goals and none against. Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024 The five who were euthanized Wednesday also were quarter horses. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for five
Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
  • Tillis voiced concerns about Medicaid cuts costing his state tens of billions of dollars.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • Tillis asked, noting the cuts packed into the domestic bill would cost his state tens of billions.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • There were only 5,000 copies up for grabs with each one wrapped in its own exclusive jacket, no two covers alike.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Representing the planets, whose positions in the sky change from night to night, is a different one.
    Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
  • The footage shows his left eye rolling back when the right one closes.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • On Instagram, Schmitt shares clips from her longer videos and some original content as well — including OOTD posts and sneak-peeks into her own fabulous fifties.
    Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 7 July 2025
  • His overseas average in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and England comes to just under 26 with two fifties in 11 Tests.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The designer with a degree in visual communication spent the better part of her early twenties spearheading a magazine.
    Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 30 June 2025
  • Occasional weeklong stays in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights during school breaks with my uncle Derrick, an artist who moved up in his early twenties, familiarized me with how to swipe a MetroCard with relative ease.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The Israeli military ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians in large swaths of northern Gaza, home to hundreds of thousands of people who had returned during the ceasefire earlier this year.
    Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Landgraf has already spent hundreds of dollars on tariffs for dresses that brides had ordered before Trump took office.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 June 2025

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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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