forty-five
noun
for·ty-five
ˌfȯr-tē-ˈfīv 
1
: a number that is five more than 40 see Table of Numbers
2
: a .45 caliber handgun
—usually written .45
3
: a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute
—usually written 45
forty-five
adjective
forty-five
pronoun, plural in construction
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To speed up the count and to improve the system, in 2022, the state passed Act 88, which distributed forty-five million dollars to counties in exchange for their agreement to process ballots around the clock until the count is completed.
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Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Turn your body toward the person, make eye contact, and listen for thirty or forty-five seconds.
—Leon E. Moores, Md, Dsc, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In the mid-sixties, a team of scientists succeeded in drilling all the way through the ice sheet, about forty-five hundred feet deep.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Half of the flights taken by British men aged twenty to forty-five are for stag parties.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Turn your body toward the person, make eye contact, and listen for thirty or forty-five seconds.
—Leon E. Moores, Md, Dsc, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In the mid-sixties, a team of scientists succeeded in drilling all the way through the ice sheet, about forty-five hundred feet deep.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Half of the flights taken by British men aged twenty to forty-five are for stag parties.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for forty-five
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“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forty-five. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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