forty

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When the list expanded to forty words, accuracy dropped to just 15%.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

In our town, we’re told in the new LA28 announcement of the Cultural Olympiad: “It’s been forty years. Los Angeles is ready to do it again.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

There was no reason I couldn’t close the laptop for forty minutes.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

James Hankins is leaving Harvard after forty years as a history professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Unfortunately, the map must be taken to the Thirty-Seventh Division headquarters at Calumpit, a lowland region of winding rivers more than forty miles north of Manila.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly