fifty-ninth
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 59.
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being one of 59 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-ninth part, especially of one (1/59).
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the fifty-ninth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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It was Eddie’s fifty-ninth birthday, and he was attending the party that night.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019
In September, 1996, Epstein invited Dershowitz to meet Wexner, who was throwing a party for his fifty-ninth birthday.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
When I first visited Katchadourian’s installation, last Sunday, it was not yet clear which campaign would be represented on her fifty-ninth sign.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2016
At Philadelphia, Frederick W. Taylor died after being ill for nine days with an attack of pneumonia, on his fifty-ninth birthday, and two hours after winding up his watch.
From Time Magazine Archive
On 15 November 1630, a few weeks short of his fifty-ninth birthday, Kepler died.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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