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Recent Examples of two
Brown is an athletic guard who can guard ones and twos on the court and destroy those who are less athletic.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
After shooting the fourth-most midrange shots in 2023-24, the Bulls are now stepping behind the line and trading those long twos for smart threes — taking the third-most threes in the NBA this year (per Cleaning the Glass).
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
After shooting the fourth-most midrange shots in 2023-24, the Bulls are now stepping behind the line and trading those long twos for smart threes — taking the third-most threes in the NBA this year (per Cleaning the Glass).
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for two
Noun
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The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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With a cast as good as this one – Robyn Hurder, The Prom‘s Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez, John Behlmann and the invaluable Kristine Nielsen, just for starters – Smash is thoroughly watchable from start to rather overlong finish.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Resignation offers spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency were extended to more than 2 million federal employees, and tens of thousands have accepted.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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As tens of thousands of Americans continue to contact their members of Congress to urge them to hold Musk accountable, Common Cause will continue to demand transparency and accountability from Musk and everyone in this administration because no one is above the law.—
Aaron Scherb,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Disturbed’s Trio of Top Five Smashes The group even manages a trio of top fives on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, a tally which Disturbed has not only come to know well throughout the years, but dominates with some frequency.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The passengers were among hundreds of migrants apprehended at sea in recent months, a scenario that federal authorities expect to become more common as the Trump administration tightens land borders across the Southwest.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Who is Jordan Belfort? Belfort founded Stratton Oakmont, Inc. in 1989, which positioned itself as a brokerage firm while defrauding hundreds of millions from investors.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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