five

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Recent Examples of five In 153 minutes together at five-on-five, Bedard and Hall have outscored opponents 9-8. Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 At five-on-five, Zuccarello was on the ice for 25 shot attempts against versus 11 for, Boldy 23 shot attempts against versus 10 for and Rossi 25 shot attempts against versus 10 for. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 In the last four games at five-on-five, Drysdale has been on the ice for seven Flyers goals and none against. Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024 The five who were euthanized Wednesday also were quarter horses. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for five
Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
  • Access to the park, where tens of thousands of visitors climb the famous 315-foot granite monolith for sweeping views of the Blue Ridge Mountains each year, has been limited since September 2024 due to the loss of the park entrance bridge.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
  • There are tens of thousands of restaurants there specializing in the pairing.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Each of these is a live performance, and each one is a chance to iterate.
    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • No one was exactly eager to hop back into the weight room, meeting room and practice field when the offseason program began that April.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The prevalence of disability rises from less than 20% to nearly 40% between our twenties and our sixties Our fifties are a tipping point.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • By her early fifties Gay was twice divorced, child-free and working as a program manager at FedEx in Memphis.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At Nova, the survivors are young people still in their twenties, perhaps with a lifetime of trauma ahead of them.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Charisma Carpenter, who portrayed cheerleader Cordelia Chase, has a son, Donovan, in his early twenties.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Former Democratic President Barack Obama deported hundreds of thousands more immigrants during his time in office than Trump did in his first term, according to The New York Times.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
  • Then, in early May, the president threatened to rescind the university's tax-exempt status, which could cost the school hundreds of millions, by some estimates.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2025

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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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