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Recent Examples of forty-five
One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This production, which collapses in its first few instants and then drags itself painfully along for two hours and forty-five minutes, is a cautionary tale about relying on stardom.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
More than one hundred different looks and accessories are featured in the exhibition and forty-five of fashion’s most emblematic houses and designers have loaned pieces to the Louvre.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In 2011, forty-five per cent of American pregnancies were unplanned.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This production, which collapses in its first few instants and then drags itself painfully along for two hours and forty-five minutes, is a cautionary tale about relying on stardom.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
More than one hundred different looks and accessories are featured in the exhibition and forty-five of fashion’s most emblematic houses and designers have loaned pieces to the Louvre.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In 2011, forty-five per cent of American pregnancies were unplanned.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
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Police also allegedly found an additional Glock pistol stolen out of Southington, a revolver and two high-capacity magazines, according to police.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2025
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Some went to a gun store in town and bought all the revolvers in stock, in preparation for another attack.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Richie hands Harry a pistol, but the fixer gives it back.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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After the shooting, police recovered an AR-15 style rifle – in addition to the pistol and a shotgun found at the scene – inside the car Phoenix Ikner drove to campus, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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Rather than simply sourcing the best handgun commercially available, the army used the defense procurement system, which begins with determining requirements rather than evaluating what is currently on the market, adding years to the process.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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When Garza went inside the store and took at least one lighter from the counter, the clerk came outside armed with a handgun to confront Garza, who crouched by the puddle of kerosene and either threatened to light it or attempted to light it, Hodges said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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Most of the twenty-two hospitals in the north had come under direct attack, according to CNN.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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In 2024, twenty-two states raised the minimum wage for restaurant employees, led by California’s increase to $20 an hour, which is nearly three times the federal minimum of $7.25, further squeezing margins at restaurants.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Clearly the basic architecture is meant to accommodate full field dress: boots, sidearm, plate hanger, the works.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, despite the sidearms and tactical gear, Dunn and his agents are practically Canadian in their politeness.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Johnson also spoke about the importance of properly securing firearms and using gun locks.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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Many aspects of American life—for instance, the view held by many Americans that freedom and the right to bear firearms are inextricable—do not resonate outside the United States.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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