fifty-second
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
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being one of 52 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-second part, especially of one (1/52).
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the fifty-second member of a series.
Example Sentences
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He had written the final note on his fifty-second birthday.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
On Sunday, in the fifty-second minute of the final game of the World Cup, four women dressed in Russian police uniforms charged the field, briefly disrupting the match.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2018
The funeral of Mario Cuomo, the fifty-second governor of New York, will take place on Tuesday, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, on Park Avenue.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015
I thought about how they might not reach their fifty-second anniversary.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
At the fifty-second mark, he looked over his right shoulder at Jenny Flick and raised his eyebrows.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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