fifty
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To investigate this connection, the team studied a large multicenter group consisting of fifty patients and one hundred brain hemispheres.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He blunders on Warren Buffett, stating that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, hasn’t made a garment “in over fifty years,” but the company only closed its textile operations 41 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It would have been "virtually impossible" for such exceptional temperatures to occur in June fifty years ago, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
He faced just one dot ball in his fifty and hit five fours and five sixes from the other 10 balls to bring up the landmark.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Akira was bathed in sweat just sitting on a horse with the hot, bright flames fifty yards away from her.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"I fled on my own, terrified, on one of my sons' motorcycles. We have nothing left," said the woman in her fifties from the Muthalath al-Udain area of Hodeida province.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Khaled Al-Badri, a Kuwaiti man in his fifties, told AFP he started turning off the air conditioning before leaving his house and switching off the outdoor lights.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Steven Andersen, in his fifties, the grandson of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States, was wearing the vibrant red jersey of Norway's team and drinking in the scene in a bar.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
"He'll be out in his fifties," says Izzy's younger sister, Georgina.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Keeping track of the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy is as difficult as keeping track of the tax laws in the nineteen fifties and sixties in the United States.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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