fifty-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 52 or LII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Three-hundred fifty-two voted ‘yes,’ which almost never happens anymore.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
“From start to finish, it took fifty-two years to complete the Foothill Freeway — the longest timeframe in the Southland’s freeway system,” Haddad wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Native Alaskans, it is said, see many variations of what we call white, and one website has listed fifty-two variations of the color, from “Abbey White” and “Abstract White” to “Whitest White” and “Whitewash.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
David Berman, the ingenious poet, songwriter, and performer behind the bands Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, died on Wednesday, at fifty-two.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
At fifty-two, Macon Dead was as imposing a man as he had been at forty-two, when Milkman thought he was the biggest thing in the world.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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