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five-and-ten

[fahyv-uhn-ten] / ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛn /
NOUN
dime store
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NOUN
ten-cent store
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Under new laws introduced in March this year, gun owners can have between five and ten firearms, depending on the type of licence and model of firearm.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

The team modeled the impacts of these strategies on projected treatment failures and the frequency of the R561H mutation within the Plasmodium genome three, five and ten years into the future.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

The typical race, the difference in time between the winner and the loser is between five and ten millionths of a second.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2021

Most of the videos are between five and ten minutes long, and the production values are frequently amateurish, as if to emphasize authenticity and make the interactions more relatable.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2019

Between five and ten recruits fall to every old hand.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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