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For example, one study found that rises in interest rates postponed lifestyle moves to independent living communities for four to five years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
U.S. equity premiums—their return over risk-free assets—averaged an annualized 15.4% in the five following months compared with 3% in all other months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Over the last five years, coastal erosion, bluff movement, high tides and landslides have significantly disrupted rail service in San Clemente.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Nearly four in five have witnessed patients abandon treatment because of problems with the process.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
J.W. snapped at the thing in the road, then jumped an easy five foot in the air.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Due to the pandemic, we were all split into different changing rooms into fives and he was part of our five.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
In general, mobile homes are two to fives times more vulnerable in an earthquake than wood-frame houses, according to earthquake experts in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Manny Farber said that when he was about 4 years old, his father demonstrated to him how a computer worked by writing a computer program on the fly that could count to 100 by fives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The outbreak in Enfield comes as the government launches a wider campaign to improve childhood vaccination uptake for measles and other jabs for under fives.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
They’re gathered around Dylan, too, giving him high fives and pats on the back.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
