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 tyrosine kinases evolved before yeast diverged from other eukaryotes, but the other fifty-five subfamilies of kinases evolved after yeast diverged.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
Even when he was forty he had looked his present age, which was fifty-five.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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