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or .45
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Recent Examples of forty-five
Then seventy, Kluge and his third wife, Patricia, had moved to a forty-five-room Georgian estate Kluge built for her in rural Virginia.
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Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Her mother started driving in from Hutto—about forty-five minutes away—every day.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
One hundred forty-five years later, watching privileged men scream and rant while hoarding power, opportunities and food over others feels like the United States has remained stagnant.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
The number of displaced people kept increasing until, one day in November, our home had become a refuge for over forty-five relatives, all sharing our meals.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
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Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Her mother started driving in from Hutto—about forty-five minutes away—every day.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
One hundred forty-five years later, watching privileged men scream and rant while hoarding power, opportunities and food over others feels like the United States has remained stagnant.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
The number of displaced people kept increasing until, one day in November, our home had become a refuge for over forty-five relatives, all sharing our meals.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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Goetz, who had been assaulted three years earlier and then denied a gun permit, illegally carried a revolver.—
Michael Bobelian,
Washington Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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According to details on Walmart’s website, the water-resistant holster is designed to hold a revolver with a barrel measuring 4 to 6½ inches.—
Michael Ruiz , Amanda Macias,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to federal authorities, Morales Tejada in October 2023 was convicted in Superior Court in Connecticut on charges of carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree failure to appear.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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Smith’s waders started to fill with water, and the pistol strapped to his chest felt like a weight pulling him under.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Officers recovered a Glock 9 mm handgun with extended magazines and about 96 spent shell casings from the bedroom, according to the release.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Cobb County police have shot and killed a man reportedly armed with a handgun on Monday night, officials say.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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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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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
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The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
27 Jan. 2022
Noun
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.—
John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Noun
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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.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
30 Aug. 2023
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