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Recent Examples of fifty
This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In The Substance, Moore, in real life a fantastic-looking 62, is playing an equally fantastic-looking woman in her mid- to late fifties.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Another surprise awaited her: the shocking reality of dating men in their fifties and sixties and seventies.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
There were merely four movies from the Eighties and Nineties, which met varying degrees of success, about karate in the Valley, a wise sensei who died 2005, and a group of teenagers who were now in their fifties.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In The Substance, Moore, in real life a fantastic-looking 62, is playing an equally fantastic-looking woman in her mid- to late fifties.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Another surprise awaited her: the shocking reality of dating men in their fifties and sixties and seventies.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
There were merely four movies from the Eighties and Nineties, which met varying degrees of success, about karate in the Valley, a wise sensei who died 2005, and a group of teenagers who were now in their fifties.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
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At the same time, the Boston Marathon, which has been held on Patriots’ Day since 1897, brings tens of thousands of people to participate and witness the marathon, the Boston Athletic Association said.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Taylor received a financial boost from tech and business leaders who funneled tens of thousands of dollars into independent expenditure committees supporting his candidacy.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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That was the one that really got people pissed on their side.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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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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The Trump administration is also attempting to deport some foreign protesters and has revoked hundreds of visas across the country.—
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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And major institutional investors like Legal & General and Robeco, both of which manage hundreds of billions in assets, have also expressed concern about whether BP’s new approach is durable in the energy transition.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Scott first visited Southeast Asia in his early twenties.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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During our teens and twenties, estrogen levels are increasing, with a natural peak occurring around age 30.—
Taylor Lane,
Flow Space,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.—
Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2022
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In a billion dollar deal that shakes up the world of luxury fashion, Prada has agreed to buy Versace from its owner Capri Holdings.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Supreme Court also cleared the way for the administration to proceed with the suspension of millions of dollars in federal grants for teacher training after states had urgently asked a judge for the funding to continue.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifty. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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