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five

[fahyv] / faɪv /
ADJECTIVE
having five of something
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Fleetwood is five shots adrift of American Sam Burns, who carded a five-under 65 and holds a two-shot advantage over New Zealand's Ryan Fox and South Korea's Kim Si-woo going into the final round.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Between 2019 and 2022 it held five elections because neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor his opponents’ could secure enough seats to form a coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The agency advised people not to eat shredded iceberg lettuce from those five states.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

The England paceman had earlier become the first bowler to claim five wickets on Finals Day with 5-21 in the first innings.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

By the time I’m finished it’s after five o’clock in the morning and it must be starting to get the smallest bit light outside.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Brokers have the option to buy an additional 83.3 million shares as part of a standard overallotment option to help balance supply and demand, messing up the nine fives.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

He ran into the crowd during Gold, posing for selfies and giving high fives to the front row.

From BBC May 24, 2026

Manny Farber said that when he was about 4 years old, his father demonstrated to him how a computer worked by writing a computer program on the fly that could count to 100 by fives.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Young gave high fives to fans as he left toward the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2026

If this were a movie, everyone would have been in the airlock, and there would have been high fives all around.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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