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  • noun Plural form of 5.

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Examples

  • Norman grew up just a couple of par-5s from the sea playing links golf, buffeted by winds and used to quirky bounces.

    USATODAY.com - Norman surprises everyone, especially himself, with 69 2003

  • Even better, it contains a 5 star story, and multiple 4.5s, which is what you would hope to get.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Blue Tyson 2008

  • In order for Line 1 to have the caller-id information, the delay should be set to larger than the delay required to complete the PSTN caller-id delivery (such as 5s).

    Voxilla VoIP Forum jonas.j.oberg 2010

  • Rating the books as "5s" (not good), our reviewer Elena Abos wrote: "These books offer superficial introductions to the geography, people, customs, language, and daily life in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Roger Sutton 2006

  • Rating the books as "5s" (not good), our reviewer Elena Abos wrote: "These books offer superficial introductions to the geography, people, customs, language, and daily life in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

    Cuba Libro Libre, for the moment Roger Sutton 2006

  • I don't like 1s, and I find 2s unpleasant, but three or higher are books I'm glad I've read. 4s are books that stay with me long after I put them down and 5s are ones I can't put down for long.

    Book Report: Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett Ulysses 2010

  • The remaining 20% are split between "4s," who may not receive bonuses at all, and "5s," who are dismissed if they don't show improvement.

    'Rank and Yank' Retains Vocal Fans Leslie Kwoh 2012

  • It feels like schools run by, and designed to prep students to become #5s.

    8 posts from January 2010 2010

  • If you sit in a biergarten and have four 0. 5s, on a warm German day, you will be happy.

    Best Beer 2009

  • Perhaps, most distinguished by its lapse — the 3/5s clause, anyone?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010

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