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or .45
as in revolver
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Recent Examples of forty-five
Around forty-five million dollars, or sixteen per cent, of its money comes from the federal government, and is earmarked for maintenance and building operations.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
What that means—when Bunty might report to work, and what happens after forty-five days—went unsaid.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Eventually, Abbott would send forty-five thousand people to New York, most of them Venezuelans, along with another thirty-seven thousand people to Chicago, nineteen thousand to Denver, and twelve thousand to Washington.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2013, much of Presley’s estate was acquired for a hundred and forty-five million dollars by a company called Authentic Brands Group.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
What that means—when Bunty might report to work, and what happens after forty-five days—went unsaid.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Eventually, Abbott would send forty-five thousand people to New York, most of them Venezuelans, along with another thirty-seven thousand people to Chicago, nineteen thousand to Denver, and twelve thousand to Washington.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2013, much of Presley’s estate was acquired for a hundred and forty-five million dollars by a company called Authentic Brands Group.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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What’s more, the bullets found in the body were the kind the LAPD issued to officers, and weeks after the murder, Lazarus reported that her backup gun, a snub-nosed .38 Smith & Wesson revolver, had been stolen from her car.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Williams was charged with murder, first degree manslaughter, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of ammunition, and carrying a pistol without a permit.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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Prosecutors say that Harris committed the fourth murder of Dietrich Whitley years later on Aug. 10, 2019 using a semi-automatic pistol.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Associated Press photos from a 2019 operation that resulted in 680 arrests at several Mississippi chicken processing plants showed agents wore handguns and tactical vests, but did not wear masks, carry rifles nor arrive in armored vehicles.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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O’Neill Burke pledged during her campaign to seek pretrial detention for anyone caught with an assault weapon, and that includes handguns with contraptions converting them to automatic firearms.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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The closures left providers in twenty-two states—including the nation’s three largest cities—without a Head Start point of contact.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Néstor won the 2003 election with only twenty-two per cent of the vote after Menem withdrew from the race.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Outside of a fluke infield single from Jo Adell, Neto’s home run was all the Angels mustered against the funky, sidearm delivery of the New York southpaw through six innings.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Dunn has a half-dozen of his men — burly guards with sidearms holstered to their hips, dressed in black tactical uniforms that appear to have been lifted from Josh Brolin’s wardrobe in Sicario — scouting the area, literally looking for trouble.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live on Sunday when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range, video shows.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forty-five. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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