fifty

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Recent Examples of fifty Women leaders who were so focused on building their careers in large companies now, in their fifties, sixties, and seventies, have the opportunity to be mentors. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 7 Oct. 2024 Both are in their fifties and both live with disabilities. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The screening is recommended every one or two years for women starting in their forties or fifties, depending on individual preference and risk factors, according to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2024 Anderson was also at the film festival for the premiere of her film, The Last Showgirl, which chronicles a seasoned showgirl in her fifties whose show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fifty 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fifty
Noun
  • Between the lines: Cutting Watson before his contract expires in 2026 would still cost the Browns tens of millions of dollars, while his high salary makes a trade highly unlikely.
    Troy Smith, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But collaring millions of people, even if only hundreds of thousands in any one year, will require tens of thousands of agents, perhaps equivalent to a new Marine Corps, thousands of buses, barracks or tents plus guards, cooks, medics and doctors.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For the Beauty Alchemist: Enchanted Night Eyeshadow and Blush Palette Is your loved one a fire sign or Chappell Roan fan?
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
  • No need to wait to save big on a brand new MacBook Air—this one’s already 20% off.
    Sarah Felbin, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In the bit, Maya Rudolph’s Harris and Andy Samberg’s Doug Emhoff fretted over the two’s friendliness.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the notable attendees include Lori Harvey, model Alton Mason (both pictured above), Academy Award winner Natalie Portman, designer Riccardo Tisci, actress Laura Harrier, and artist Maya Margarita who was on the ones and twos, pictured below.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The first attempts at Squads used military terms for the different roles — with majors looking over captains — and the students were grouped into twos and fives before Dent and his entourage finally settled on groups of three.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Noun
  • At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson and Remington, handed over hundreds of thousands of names, addresses and other private data — without customer knowledge or consent — to the NSSF, which then entered the details into what would become a massive database.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Outside the hearing room, a line of hundreds waiting to get in snaked through the Rayburn House Office Building hallway.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This position, which typically goes to executives in their early twenties, can lead to careers in finance, in private equity, or nearly any other field.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Isabella Strahan and her twin sister Sophia are gracefully exiting their teens and entering their twenties.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • Stand Up For Heroes Year after year, this benefit for military veterans brings out top-shelf talent to raise tens of millions of dollars.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has also promised more tax cuts and deficit spending, which could add trillions of dollars to the national debt, forcing the government to borrow more money from bondholders.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024

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