eighty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 83 or LXXXIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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In a recent YouGov/HuffPost poll, eighty-three per cent of Democrats or Democratic-leaning respondents said they were satisfied with the 2020 field.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2019
Based on satellite data, space-agency officials estimate that the number of forest fires is eighty-three per cent larger than last year.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 28, 2019
“Of the hundred patients with leukemia who were transplanted in those early years, eighty-three died within the first several months,” Fred Appelbaum, a former student of Thomas’s, told me.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
And yet “I Can Only Imagine,” which came out in March, has grossed eighty-three million dollars.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018
“Did you know that bovines have a typical gestation period of approximately two hundred and eighty-three days?”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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