fives

plural of five

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Noun
  • The leading theory behind the moon’s formation suggests that in the earliest days of our solar system, baby Earth was flying solo until, after some tens of millions of years, a Mars-size object collided with it and sent debris flying into space.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of investigators have been involved in chasing down at least four suspects who targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth tens of millions in a matter of minutes.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vessel has racked up hundreds of five-star ratings for its superior heat distribution and retention.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Courts have weighed in on video gambling machines, including ones with cell phone charging functions.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • After four rounds and more than 10,000 votes in IndyStar's Beer Bracket, the king of the cold ones has been crowned.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Koch said that in recent years, fewer SNAP dollars have been spent at the market following program reductions and that many producers in the Janesville area rely on EBT programs to maintain already slim profit margins.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The company aims to produce thousands of the weapons annually at full rate production, with a target cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per unit.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Japan says at least 17 of its citizens were snatched by North Korean agents in the late 1970s and 1980s – alongside hundreds of unexplained cases.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While the details remain classified, the goal is to build and launch a network of hundreds of spy satellites—or maybe more—with specialized intelligence payloads into low earth orbit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But letting them in was still a better idea than sitting here at her table, scrolling her phone, waiting for several thousand bucks to miraculously drop in her lap.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The bike plus the dual-battery extender package has a list price of $1,999, but again is available for a hundred bucks off at the time of writing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Fives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fives. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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