fifty-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 59 or LIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Coastal islands and the tropical area around Lake Victoria, for example, receive upward of fifty-nine inches of rain per year.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Despite his secretive nature, Swartzwelder is a very popular figure among diehard "Simpsons" fans as he is credited with writing fifty-nine episodes of the comedy, more than any other single writer in the show’s history.
From Fox News • May 3, 2021
Today, according to a study by the US Department of Health & Human Services, the ratio is one in fifty-nine.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2019
On Saturday morning, on an arrow-straight avenue in the Prater park in Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge completed the distance in one hour, fifty-nine minutes, and forty seconds.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2019
But Gora, who was fifty-nine at the time, came down with a fever at Bellevue, so the angiogram had to be canceled.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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