thirty-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 39 or XXXIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Thirty.eight, thirty-nine, blackberry, huckleberry, forty-five, strawberry, thirty-two, raspberry . . .” So it is very likely that he took fewer than fifty steps, or perhaps many more.
From Literature
The researchers found prices were rising faster than inflation in thirty-nine states and Washington, D.C.
From Barron's
It reports that “thirty-nine states saw their prices fall, including eight states with dips of 15% or more.”
These prizes were fifty-five people who had been divided into thirty-nine groups or lots.
From Literature
The next year, I counted thirty-nine of them.
From Literature
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