fifty-sixth
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 56.
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being one of 56 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-sixth part, especially of one (1/56).
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the fifty-sixth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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On the morning of July 28th, Meadows’s fifty-sixth birthday, he got a voice mail from his son, Blake, encouraging him to go forward with the anti-Boehner plot.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2015
The fifty-sixth Venice Biennale doesn’t officially open until Saturday morning, but the line to see Joan Jonas’s installation at the U.S.
From The New Yorker • May 7, 2015
“He’s ranked fifty-sixth in Call of Duty. I just want him to finish school.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014
On April 20, 1945, his fifty-sixth birthday, he called several Hitler Youth to the Chancellery.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Instead of making his fifty-sixth move, Fischer stopped the clock and offered his hand in resignation.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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