forty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 46 or XLVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Tonight we had forty-five, forty six per cent.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 24, 2016
Remember that after the Civil War, life was no bed of roses for Blacks so the Civil War didn’t exactly buy the Black people forty six wonderful years.
From Time • Feb. 24, 2013
Kuboyama died of liver failure at the age of forty, six months after coming home.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
In 1790 they had nearly doubled in number, having reached one hundred and forty six.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
Citizens in the departments wonder how it is that Paris costs them five hundred and forty six millions per month merely for bread when they are starving.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John
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