fives

plural of five

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Noun
  • As a result, the state contends, its colleges lose out on tens of millions of dollars because of discriminatory requirements.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even though the planets are in reality still tens of millions of miles apart, the events present a special opportunity for astronomers and casual stargazers to see multiple worlds in our solar system at one time.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Her visit to Rogers comes 13 days after hundreds of Arkansas farmers met with staff members from the state's congressional delegation in Brookland in Craighead County to describe their economic status.
    Cristina LaRue, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even in earlier decades, the moments that still echo are the ones that felt least rehearsed.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That dollars in circulation declined amid these substantial barriers to production was a statement of the obvious.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Cabinets of hard drives holding thousands of terabytes of digital storage, worth millions of dollars, occupy only about 15% of the building.
    PJ Green September 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her visit to Rogers comes 13 days after hundreds of Arkansas farmers met with staff members from the state's congressional delegation in Brookland in Craighead County to describe their economic status.
    Cristina LaRue, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nor does the executive order bar any federal agency from continuing to offer its services, websites, and materials in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, or hundreds of other languages spoken across the country.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • CarGurus Intelligence Report Average new vehicle prices rose only about a hundred bucks between July and August from $49,400 to $49,500, according the Car Gurus August 2025 Intelligence Report released Thursday.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And a kid down the street sold me his brother’s bass for 10 bucks.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Fives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fives. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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