forty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 43 or XLIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“I find myself staring across the studio, for forty-three years now: her focus, always, in the moment, riveted upon her students.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The letter concluded: “A house is what you move into. A home is what you leave. This house was our home for forty-three years. Now it is yours.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2021
On Sunday, forty-three thousand people attended a rugby match in New Zealand, where there hasn’t been a corona case in weeks.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2020
In 1858, forty-five crevasses opened up in Louisiana’s levees; in 1874, forty-three; in 1882, two hundred and eighty-four.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
Though only three years old, he had already run forty-three races, far more than most horses contest in their entire careers.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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