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fifty

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Recent Examples of fifty Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Meanwhile, Vladimir is a slyly subversive 2022 novel about academia in which a once beautiful English professor, referred to only as M, has begun to feel the effects of aging in her late fifties, while her husband is just reaching his prime. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 But this doesn’t make characters in their forties and fifties old. — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 Between 1960 and 1990, the median age of members of Congress was in the early fifties. — Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fifty

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Noun

Their current fibers measure about 1 millimeter across, but improved fabrication methods could reduce that thickness to tens of micrometers.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Waymo is in the process of increasing capacity in Mesa to manufacture tens of thousands of units per year.

— Henry Payne, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of ten

Noun

While the Amalfi Coast’s dirty little secret is its lack of beaches (which become jam-packed come high season), Borgo Santandrea comes with a fabulous private one—and a chic beach club for its guests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
To [React with exaggerated surprise] is to DO A DOUBLE TAKE — as in, to take out double letters (not consecutive ones, mind you).

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of one

Noun

At five-on-five, San Jose outscored teams 73-56 with Celebrini on the ice; the Sharks were outscored 113-90 otherwise.

— Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026
The five that vaulted were Steele Canyon (tied for fourth), Del Norte (tied for seventh), Torrey Pines (tied for seventh), Westview (ninth) and Helix (10th).

— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026

Definition of five

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El Niño is a natural climate pattern that has far-reaching impacts across the planet, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
After that announcement, word quickly spread in La Guajira that the men might be from the Wayúu community that has inhabited this desert for hundreds of years.

— Nathan Jaccard, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundred

Noun

That is just a fraction of the more than $100 million in sales the brand was said to have logged in 2012, six years after twenty-something Sophia Amoruso started the business as an eBay store.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Ten or so attendees in their twenties and thirties settled across sofas, while a lo-fi YouTube music video was projected on a large screen, which mostly seemed to display a kitten wearing headphones.

— Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of twenty

Noun

At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026

Definition of fiver

Noun

However, sustained gold purchases by central banks continue to provide crucial underlying support, potentially propelling prices back toward roughly 4,400 dollars per ounce by year end.

— , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
These gaps in our system are leaving people behind and costing our health system billions of dollars.

— Philip A. Chan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

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