forty-five

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During that same period, the total U.S. population increased over 104 million, or about forty-five percent.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

"One hundred and forty-five endless days and nights of yearning for our loved ones," Ronen Neutra said, addressing the crowd.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

In places like Papua New Guinea and Australia, there is evidence of settlements at least forty-five thousand years old.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

And Hentoff got The New Yorker to devote a whole forty-five pages of print to Marie, and later Hentoff expanded those pages into a full biography.

From Scientific American • Apr. 6, 2023

I could cover three miles in forty-five minutes, so I guessed that I would need a half hour to make it to the Sillington House without a sweat.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg