fifties

Definition of fiftiesnext
plural of fifty

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Noun
  • Pharmaceutical companies must typically invest many years and hundreds of millions of dollars to win approval for a drug; partly for this reason, some promising treatments are never approved, and many arrive too late for people who urgently need them.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Factor in a tax multiplier for those who repeatedly spend past the salary cap, and payroll expenses can include hundreds of millions in taxes.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are some really great ones on the market these days, a huge advancement past the egg crate toppers our parents used.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, buy mature plants that are known to bloom in April, and opt for ones that haven’t quite started yet.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The possible walkout could involve tens of thousands of employees and affect more than 500,000 students across the nation’s second-largest school district.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Even the low-end estimates, around 10%, would amount to tens of thousands of women.
    Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Fifties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fifties. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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