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The phrase "another five were" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an additional group of five items, people, or instances in a context where a previous quantity has been mentioned.
Example: "After the initial ten were counted, another five were discovered in the storage room."
Alternatives: "an additional five were" or "five more were".
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In the weeks that followed, another five were deported.
Six bidders were on the phone, and another five were absentee bidders who had put in a maximum bid beforehand.
Three cats are believed to have died after at least two were stabbed and another five were attacked in Brighton during the last two months.
One day after officials discovered the bodies of three women in a cotton field in Ciudad Juárez, the skeletal remains of another five were found nearby.
Reports said five attackers were shot dead by police following the incident on Saturday evening and another five were being hunted.
The Israeli military said nine soldiers died in separate attacks – four were killed in a mortar attack and another five were killed in combat in Gaza.
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Yesterday we heard another three were killed.
Another two were reported to have been killed on Friday.
Another six were added in 1943.
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