fifty-eighth
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 58.
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being one of 58 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-eighth part, especially of one (1/58).
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the fifty-eighth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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It was the fifty-eighth anniversary of the operation, which ended in catastrophe; the annual commemoration has become a kind of Miami Passion play.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019
Conway took the Brexit contingent up to the triplex, on the fifty-eighth floor.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2016
Outstanding birthday greeting received by Dr. Buchman was from Groupers in Hell, Norway, who cabled: "Hell's bells are ringing, our hearts are singing" in honor of "Frank's fifty-eighth."
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles, at the time of his death, was in the fifty-eighth year of his age.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
The fifty-eighth chapter, in which he treats of the First Crusade, leaves nothing to be desired.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
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