fifty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 53 or LIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
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In its complaint, Patagonia wrote that the drag queen’s “products and services compete directly with the products and advocacy upon which Patagonia built its Patagonia brand over the last fifty-three years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
“One hundred fifty-three, the tag is inside,” they called out in relief.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
The rope goes up on the first day that the water temperature falls below twelve degrees Celsius, or fifty-three degrees Fahrenheit, usually in late October, and stays there until the mercury rises above that threshold.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
In a Quinnipiac University survey, fifty-three per cent of respondents said that they disapproved of Trump’s handling of trade, and thirty-nine per cent said that they approved.
From The New Yorker ● May 31, 2019
Jurisdiction over the city of Detroit and the surrounding fifty-three suburbs.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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