forty-four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 4.
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a symbol for this number, as 44 or XLIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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One hundred forty-four states have already adopted the Additional Protocol; Saudi Arabia has refused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
One hundred and forty-four people died that day.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
At forty-four thousand dollars a pound, it is the most expensive ingredient in the world of perfume.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
The remains of the Italian patriot, poet and scholar, Ugo Foscolo, were exhumed at Chiswick churchyard, England, after forty-four years of interment.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2021
The Southern Baptist Mission League gave us this hint, without coming right out and telling us to flout the law of the forty-four pounds, and from there we made our plan.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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