fifty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 53 or LIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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In its complaint, Patagonia wrote that the drag queen’s “products and services compete directly with the products and advocacy upon which Patagonia built its Patagonia brand over the last fifty-three years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
“One hundred fifty-three, the tag is inside,” they called out in relief.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
The rope goes up on the first day that the water temperature falls below twelve degrees Celsius, or fifty-three degrees Fahrenheit, usually in late October, and stays there until the mercury rises above that threshold.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
He threw for about forty minutes and completed fifty-three of sixty throws.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
He was a handsome, pink-skinned man of fifty-three.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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