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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Fifty five percent are concerned about the pollution of drinking water.
From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2015
Fifty five new schools opened this September, bringing the total to 79.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2012
Contestants ranged from seven year old Vincent Starn to Fifty five year old Herb Pruse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifty five of the more common and hence best-known birds are listed in Table 1 together with their primary and secondary preferences of habitat.
From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Thompson, Max C.
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