fifty-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 57 or LVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
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Four hundred and fifty-seven British service personnel died in the conflict and many more suffered life changing injuries.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
One hundred fifty-seven deputies in the 250-seat parliament voted for the government.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2022
One-hundred and fifty-seven years ago today, troops arrived in Galveston, Texas with a life-altering message: Slaves were finally free.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, at the tail end of the United States’ great civil conflict — and the geographical tail end of the Confederacy — Union Army Maj.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
I couldn’t see us getting from where we were to a hospital in less than fifty-seven minutes.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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