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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One hundred and fifty-nine years later, we're still celebrating it annually.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022
Despite his secretive nature, Swartzwelder is a very popular figure among diehard "Simpsons" fans as he is credited with writing fifty-nine episodes of the comedy, more than any other single writer in the show’s history.
From Fox News ● May 3, 2021
Kipchoge completed the 26.2 miles in one hour, fifty-nine minutes, and forty seconds.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2019
Between January 1st and February 21st, a hundred and fifty-nine cases of measles were diagnosed in ten states—more cases than there were in all of 2017.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 2, 2019
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 "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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