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Recent Examples of forty-five
His wife, Joy, had recently passed away, of cancer, at age forty-five.
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Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Sorry, this episode is an hour and forty-five minutes long?
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
So the academy—a panel of forty-five linguists, scientists, philosophers, and others—makes formal recommendations about how the language can and cannot change.
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Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The younger, Layla, writes and mails lengthy letters to my dog—not to me or my spouse, but to my forty-five pound blue heeler Galilee.
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Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Sorry, this episode is an hour and forty-five minutes long?
—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
So the academy—a panel of forty-five linguists, scientists, philosophers, and others—makes formal recommendations about how the language can and cannot change.
—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The younger, Layla, writes and mails lengthy letters to my dog—not to me or my spouse, but to my forty-five pound blue heeler Galilee.
—
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for forty-five
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
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Philippine National Police spokesperson Allen Rae Co said the revolver is registered to a security agency based in Cebu City in the central Philippines, the Reuters news agency reports.
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At its core is the 30mmx173 KCE revolver cannon, which has an effective range of up to 3,000 meters.
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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At one point, the Challenger’s passenger threw an AR-style pistol out the window.
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Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
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Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
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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.
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The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
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The Indians scored their would-be final goal in the third on a shot from Emery Simmons on a sidearm shot past Bishops’ midfielder Izzy Grundig.
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Perhaps Edwards will have his sidearm in tow for next year’s playoff run.
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Where to watch Django Unchained: Paramount+ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood made his mark wielding a six-shooter and wearing a Stetson.
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As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
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There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forty-five. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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