sixty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 60 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 66 or LXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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a card game that is played by two players with a 24-card pack made by removing all cards below the nines from a regular 52-card pack, the object being to score 66 points before one's opponent.
adjective
Example Sentences
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One-hundred and sixty-six days ago, the Chargers opened training camp with a rookie head coach and the typical fresh-start optimism, but no certainty where they’d end up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
Three hundred sixty-six days later here the Cardinals come again with the Seahawks again reeling, though this time to a greater degree — losers of four of their past five and 3-6 overall.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Doubts have climbed, parallel to an increasing number of exonerations, which number a hundred and sixty-six since 1973, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 4, 2019
In 1972, the park had sixty-six species of mammals, all but one of those present in 1850.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2019
I was in first grade and could tell you that that was sixty-six books to complete over the year.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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