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Recent Examples of forty-five
On September 23, 1947, forty-five members of the American film industry were subpoenaed by HUAC to prove their loyalty to the United States.
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Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2012, the New York Civil Liberties Union released a report stating that the average length of a sentence in the SHU was five months, and that the state currently held forty-five hundred people in solitary confinement.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
At forty-five years old, Shane was fit and healthy.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Cuomo would capture the vast majority of both Adams' and Sliwa's current support and win a majority of voters over forty-five.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2012, the New York Civil Liberties Union released a report stating that the average length of a sentence in the SHU was five months, and that the state currently held forty-five hundred people in solitary confinement.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
At forty-five years old, Shane was fit and healthy.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Cuomo would capture the vast majority of both Adams' and Sliwa's current support and win a majority of voters over forty-five.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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News accounts said the officer had to draw his revolver and wave it at the crowd to keep them from attacking the man.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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After the fight, Meza grabbed a revolver from his car and shot Christina.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And the baddest of them all, Alucard (*cough* read that name back, right to left), wears a red trench coat, a pair of laughably huge pistols, and sunglasses at night to prove it.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, Castro’s office said 113 people had been arrested, 10 teenagers were detained and authorities seized 91 rifles, 29 pistols, 14 explosive devices and one ton of cocaine.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Police say Weis fired his handgun toward Fishers Police Department officers.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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The mother of the boy who shot Zwerner, Deja Taylor, previously pleaded guilty to state charges of felony child neglect and federal marijuana possession while owning a handgun.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 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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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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The arm of prospect Patrick Mahomes popped off the film, through a deep shot that traveled 60 yards in the air or what seemed like an effortless sidearm flick.—
Sam McDowell
October 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Less sidearm; more facing bowlers.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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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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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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forty-five. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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