fifty-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 52 or LII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Three-hundred fifty-two voted ‘yes,’ which almost never happens anymore.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
“From start to finish, it took fifty-two years to complete the Foothill Freeway — the longest timeframe in the Southland’s freeway system,” Haddad wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2022
Native Alaskans, it is said, see many variations of what we call white, and one website has listed fifty-two variations of the color, from “Abbey White” and “Abstract White” to “Whitest White” and “Whitewash.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2022
Instead, egged on by the government, the drama involving fifty-two imprisoned Americans dragged on for four hundred and forty-four days.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
Horton finally overtook Grierson in New Hampshire on the thirty-ninth day, reaching his goal in fifty-two days, nine hours.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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