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Recent Examples of two
The Greek Freak has ditched the three for more brute-force twos, and the Knicks — like most teams — had a tough time stopping his force on Friday.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Sometimes there are individual wins, sometimes a group wins, occasionally there are top twos.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
People came in twos and threes to the intersection, all asking what had happened in English and Spanish.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
That’s because the Heat shot just 16 of 42 (38.1 percent) on two-point shots Saturday after shooting 26 of 36 (72.2 percent) on twos in Game 2.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Sometimes there are individual wins, sometimes a group wins, occasionally there are top twos.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
People came in twos and threes to the intersection, all asking what had happened in English and Spanish.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
That’s because the Heat shot just 16 of 42 (38.1 percent) on two-point shots Saturday after shooting 26 of 36 (72.2 percent) on twos in Game 2.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for two
Noun
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Episodic installments won in 2017, 2018 and 2019 (that one was at least a stand-alone longform), forcing the TV Academy to rewrite the rules and slide anthology shows into the limited series field.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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That one seems headed for Sony, where Tarantino directed the first film.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
Noun
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The homes housed unmarried pregnant women as well as tens of thousands of orphans, according to The Associated Press.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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While Abu Dhabi is home to most of the country’s sovereign wealth, Dubai has tens of thousands of high-net-worth individuals, characteristics that are helping the country’s aims to become a top financial center.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the late fifties and early sixties, Arbus shot in 35-mm., the format of photojournalism.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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His parents migrated to Dubai from the southern Indian state of Kerala in the late fifties and taught English before opening their own school in 1968.—
Anu Raghunathan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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SpaceX dumps hundreds of thousands of gallons of water used in launches into the neighboring south bay, and has destroyed nests of vulnerable shorebirds.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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The hospital was already past capacity, with hundreds of patients being treated inside and around 50 people, including children, in its intensive care unit from other incidents of troops firing onto crowds of people trying to reach food aid in recent days and weeks.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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“Two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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