fifty-third
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.
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being one of 53 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-third part, especially of one (1/53).
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the fifty-third member of a series.
Example Sentences
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The much-anticipated fifty-third reactor will most likely be Marvel, an Energy Department microreactor project aimed at showcasing ways fission can be tapped for heat to power, for example, industrial processes as well as generating electricity.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
For the fifty-third time this season, the Lakers had lost.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 17, 2016
In his twenties, he’d been America’s best player, fifty-third in the world.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
Israel it was whom Isaiah, in that famous fifty-third chapter, had described as 'despised and rejected of men: a man of sorrows.'
From Ghetto Comedies by Zangwill, Israel
In 1660 the Restoration took place; and Milton was at length free, in his fifty-third year, to carry out his long-cherished scheme of writing a great Epic poem.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
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