eighty-five
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 5.
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a symbol for this number, as 85 or LXXXV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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The eighty-five year-old woman was freed by Hamas two weeks later.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
He claimed — and still claims, in fact — that the limit of life expectancy is about eighty-five years.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022
“Seven hundred and eighty-five shares,” Pathak said, shaking his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
As it hovered, winds peaked at a hundred and eighty-five miles per hour.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2019
After these facts were established, a joint commission cut Canada’s claim by over eighty-five percent.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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