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Recent Examples of two There were only 5,000 copies up for grabs with each one wrapped in its own exclusive jacket, no two covers alike. —
Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 But every time the Heat closed to within six or seven early in the fourth quarter, the Cavs responded with threes - including one by Donovan Mitchell (who opened 9 for 10 on twos but 0 for 7 on threes), Strus and Jerome, who made 5 of 8 threes in his first playoff game. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025 But in Chicago and other cities, there are quieter operations underway that raise similar legal questions as federal agents pick up people in ones, twos and threes. —Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025 His cap hit increases this year in the fourth year of his rookie deal, and paying more money for whatever that effort was on Saturday won’t fly on cutdown day. QB Jake Browning and the entire second-team offense Once Burrow completed his touchdown drive, Browning and the twos took over. —Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for two
Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 But every time the Heat closed to within six or seven early in the fourth quarter, the Cavs responded with threes - including one by Donovan Mitchell (who opened 9 for 10 on twos but 0 for 7 on threes), Strus and Jerome, who made 5 of 8 threes in his first playoff game. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025 But in Chicago and other cities, there are quieter operations underway that raise similar legal questions as federal agents pick up people in ones, twos and threes. —Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025 His cap hit increases this year in the fourth year of his rookie deal, and paying more money for whatever that effort was on Saturday won’t fly on cutdown day. QB Jake Browning and the entire second-team offense Once Burrow completed his touchdown drive, Browning and the twos took over. —Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for two
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two
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One complicating factor of this draft class is the consensus blue-chip prospects are largely at positions that aren’t as valuable to NFL teams than the ones that command the most money on the open market.— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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Though no one was killed in the Stryker attack, some surgeries had to be postponed, implants could not be delivered to patients, and the company’s share price plummeted.— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Private law firms have submitted tens of thousands of invoices worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the city over the past decade for work to defend federal civil rights lawsuits related to police misconduct.— Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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They were forced to cancel those dates and reschedule for spring 2026, losing tens of thousands of dollars in up-front costs and non-refundable fees.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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In 2024-25, in 538 minutes solo at five-on-five, Nugent-Hopkins delivered 45 percent of the goal share.— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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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
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When, in the early nineteen-hundreds, Gibson developed the F-style flat-back, inspired by the Stradivarius violin, the idea was to produce a louder instrument that could be used for classical as well as folk music, while being assembly-line-friendly.— Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.— Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/two. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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