eighty-two

[ ey-tee-too ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈtu /

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noun

a cardinal number, 80 plus 2.

a symbol for this number, as 82 or LXXXII.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 82 in number.

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Words nearby eighty-two

Eighty-two percent pertained to death, or a sudden illness or accident.
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Eighty-two say that Hillary Clinton being a woman does not impact her job performance.
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Eighty-two children suffering from malnutrition or cholera were waiting for the doctor in her feeding center.
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On a division it was rejected by a majority of one hundred and eighty-two against one hundred and nine.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He bate th' champeen iv the' wurruld last week be a scoore iv wan hundhred an' eighty-two to siventy-six.
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She herself went there to live out her days, and died there on August 31st, 1833, at the age of eighty-two.
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Besides the chiefs one hundred and sixteen warriors and eighty-two women and children were sent to Fort Moultrie.
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Marcones, weighed down by the weight of his gun and his eighty-two years of age, walked six steps behind.
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