fifty-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 59 or LIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Maggie was moved to the Brooklyn home of a compassionate female Spiritualist where she died, just before sunrise, on March 8, 1893, at the age of fifty-nine.
From Literature
One hundred and fifty-nine years later, we're still celebrating it annually.
From Salon
Tho, fifty-nine, had gray hair and manners Kissinger later described as “impeccable.”
From Literature
One hundred fifty-nine people were still unaccounted for two days after Thursday’s collapse, which killed at least four.
From Washington Times
“Comes to two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents,” he said.
From Literature
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