fifty-six

[fif-tee-siks]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 6.

2. a symbol for this number, as 56 or LVI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 56 in number.

Example Sentences

Biden has the power to bring the teaching of the Church to life and offer redemption to the forty people on the federal death row, fifty-six percent of whom are people of color.

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One hundred fifty-six years ago Wednesday, a theater full of people laughed the most consequential laugh in American history.

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This is what a lot of wealthy entities seem to think, given recent record-breaking growth in V.C. fund-raising: in 2018 venture capitalists, as a group, loaded more than fifty-six billion dollars into their funds.

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“One hundred and fifty-six in the field, so you figure at least 80 of them I’m just going to beat,” Koepka said.

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Waiting to hear Buttigieg speak at the refurbished Rex Theatre, in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dan Chase, fifty-six, told me, “I’ll be honest with you—I voted for Trump and I’m embarrassed about it.”

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