fifty-fourth
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
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being one of 54 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-fourth part, especially of one (1/54).
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the fifty-fourth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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The Defense Department on Wednesday announced the fifty-fourth transfer of U.S. weapons to Ukraine since August 2021 under presidential drawdown authority.
From Washington Times
He caught a chill, which developed into pneumonia, which finished him off on 11 February 1650, just short of his fifty-fourth birthday.
From Literature
In the 1949-50 television season he was a regular on “The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue,” a variety series, and in 1950 he was back on Broadway in “Alive and Kicking,” where he caught the eye of Max Liebman, the mastermind of “Your Show of Shows.”
From New York Times
In the Eighteenth Precinct, on Fifty-fourth Street west of Eighth Avenue, two patrolmen brought in a young man and a young woman in handcuffs.
From The New Yorker
We were quiet as we turned down Fifty-Fourth toward the library.
From Literature
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