fifty-five
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 5.
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a symbol for this number, as 55 or LV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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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
“Yet fifty-five years on, the VA still hasn’t recognized radiation risks at Palomares, cutting off benefits and health care for these deserving veterans.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 15, 2021
Located fifty-five miles from the Ouachita site, Poverty Point had as a focus a structure resembling an amphitheater: six concentric, C-shaped ridges, each five feet tall, on a bluff facing the river.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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