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fifty-five

American  
[fif-tee-fahyv] / ˈfɪf tiˈfaɪv /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 5.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 55 or LV.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 55 in number.

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Within seven minutes, fifty-five thousand Maersk devices were locked.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Seven-hundred fifty-five yards are a lot of yards.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

The first complete Song census showed around fifty-five million people in the early eleventh century.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Sixty-three employees have submitted exemptions, fifty-five religious, eight medical.

From Fox News • Oct. 25, 2021

On the Permian team, six of the fifty-five players were black.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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