eighty-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 87 or LXXXVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of eighty-seven
possibly because 13 less than a century
Example Sentences
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Two hundred eighty-seven homeless people took their last breath on the sidewalk, 24 died in alleys and 72 were found on the pavement, according to data from the county coroner.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022
Three hundred and eighty-seven days after Broadway went dark, a faint light started to glimmer on Saturday.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2021
On Wall Street, the consensus forecast had been for job growth of a hundred and eighty-seven thousand, which in itself would have been a pretty strong number.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2019
In all, the personal data of eighty-seven million people had been harvested.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
She’s eighty-seven years old and will be flying in from Amsterdam.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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