fives

plural of five

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fives
Noun
  • In 2018, however, the postcranial bones popped up in a collection of tens of thousands.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
  • At the same time, food aid was delayed for tens of millions of people as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were caught up in legal battles related to the shutdown.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, Stryker paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help develop its own devices.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights groups and victims who decried the award as whitewashing a repressive regime that left hundreds of thousands dead, according to historians.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The truly great ones put those fires out.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • This week’s Club Sportico focuses on a series of sports betting investigations underway in college basketball, ones that could impact dozens of athletes at numerous D-I schools.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • After five surgeries to complete the amputation and fix over 15 broken bones as a result of the accident, Barry and his wife, Sidney Sockman, found themselves with over a million dollars in medical debt.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This timeless sweater dress is reminiscent of Cameron Diaz’s character in The Holiday, and you’re bound to look like a million bucks wearing it.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Brockermeyer family is one of the most prominent football names in the history of Fort Worth, but its connection to TCU was severed over a few hundred thousand bucks.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Fives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fives. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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