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fifty-four

American  
[fif-tee-fawr, -fohr] / ˈfɪf tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 4.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 54 or LIV.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

  1. amounting to 54 in number.

Example Sentences

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The Constitution does not require the Speaker to be a member of the House, although to date, all fifty-four Speakers have been.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Twice the difference of a number and ten is fifty-four.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Labor economists refer to people aged twenty-five to fifty-four as “prime aged.”

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019

Harris, who is fifty-four, has a billboard smile, and brown eyes that soften easily but just as readily turn skeptical.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

For a wage of about $60 a month, Smith slept and ate in horse stalls and struggled to keep up with the farriery needs of fifty-four horses.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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