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Recent Examples of five
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
Noun
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Five months later, thousands are still waiting for bills and tens of thousands are waiting for refunds, the latest development in the technology upgrade debacle that has roiled the county’s tax system for more than four years with no clear end in sight.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Researchers blame a number of factors, including climate change causing fuel to dry out and be more flammable, a record drought, tens of millions of tons of dead trees from Hurricane Helene, and the vast area where dense forests and high numbers of people try to coexist.—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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No one in the East has been dominant in the first round so the Knicks entering the second round on a three-game winning streak is compelling.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Audible gasps echoed through the ballroom as guests realized something was happening; hundreds of journalists immediately got on phones to call in information.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the banquet hall at the Washington Hilton as guests ducked under tables by the hundreds.—
Bridget Byrne,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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