forty

In our town, we’re told in the new LA28 announcement of the Cultural Olympiad: “It’s been forty years. Los Angeles is ready to do it again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

In 1976, scientists realized that γ Cas emits X-rays about forty times stronger than similar stars.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026

“By the time the Scramble for Africa was over,” Martin Meredith tells us, the vagaries of geopolitical geometry had amalgamated “some 10,000 African polities . . . into forty European colonies and protectorates.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

The premium attached to European defense plays in the current environment are reflected in a price-to-earnings multiple of almost forty times for 2026, more than double that of the overall market.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

Then he does it again and I say it once more and through that long night every forty yards I say, “Willy?”

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

She now plans to get one every year of her forties.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

"I had gone to bed a bit late, but the air-raid sirens woke me up, leaving me feeling anxious," said Nawal Saad, a Bahraini civil servant in her forties.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

"We're not cutting the trees. We just pick up whatever wood's already on the ground to use for the fire," said Nafisa, a woman in her forties navigating the dry grasslands.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Even though McDaniels is still in his forties, he has been working in the same system long enough that he seems to know instantly how to address any situation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Jesse didn’t have to imagine this fate: Such people were all around him, ticked-off employees in their late thirties and forties, lots of them pleasant and adequately compensated, but few of them happy or stimulated.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz