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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Fifty-nine percent of active funds underperformed the S&P 500 in 2001, and 72% did in 2002.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Fifty-nine involved vehicles escaping, and 47 ended because police abandoned the pursuit, usually for safety reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025
Fifty-nine of the 61 available beds are occupied by infected patients – a third are under the age of 15 and, according to the World health Organization, children are the worst-affected age group here.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
Fifty-nine developing countries face a debt-to-GDP ratio above 60% - a threshold indicating high levels of debt.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023
Spotlights rose up all around the pool, blinding us with illumination, and a loudspeaker voice boomed: “Live to Olympus in one minute . . . Fifty-nine seconds, fifty- eight . . “Hephaestus!”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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