eighty-two
[ey-tee-too]
- a cardinal number, 80 plus 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 82 or LXXXII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
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- amounting to 82 in number.
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Examples from the Web for eighty-two
Contemporary Examples
Eighty-two percent pertained to death, or a sudden illness or accident.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of DeathPatricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
Eighty-two say that Hillary Clinton being a woman does not impact her job performance.
Eighty-two children suffering from malnutrition or cholera were waiting for the doctor in her feeding center.
Historical Examples
They told the story of a queen who had lived to be eighty-two years old.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
He lived many years in peace and honor, and died in 1820, at the age of eighty-two.
Biographical StoriesNathaniel Hawthorne
Dey will not take de scrip at eighty-two, and I tink dey are right.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
At eighty-two he was still, as he put it, 'codifying like any dragon.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.Leslie Stephen
Why, eighty-two per cent of the women of this country are wage-earning women!
The ConvertElizabeth Robins