fives

noun

plural of five
as in tens

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Recent Examples of fives LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fives
  1. tens
  2. hundreds
  3. ones
  4. dollars
  5. bucks
Noun
  • Connecticut amassed tens of billions of dollars in pension debt by not saving for these benefits for more than seven decades prior to 2011.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Summer break is officially over in Miami-Dade as tens of thousands of students get back to class for the first day of school on Thursday.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of tens
Noun
  • The hundreds of thousands of homeowners who are now getting their insurance through the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan will soon be paying even more.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Content creator online reviews of hotels, resorts, cruises, restaurants, and airline flights, often with impressive production values, can generate hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of views.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • The new Premier League season begins in five days and there are plenty of new faces — and familiar ones in new shirts — to look out for.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That leads to fewer overall seats, and the cheap ones are being eliminated.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • Connecticut amassed tens of billions of dollars in pension debt by not saving for these benefits for more than seven decades prior to 2011.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Ventura County Sheriff's Office estimated that the total damage will cost car owners several thousand dollars.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • Cory says soon six more bucks emerged from the cover, plus one doe, all about 100 yards away from the father and son in their elevated stand.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Shares are down fractionally this morning but entered today within a few bucks of their all-time high.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bucks

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