sixty-four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 60 plus 4.
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a symbol for this number, as 64 or LXIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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One hundred sixty-four years later, I stood alongside representatives of the very same people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Three hundred sixty-four days had passed since the surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Martha Hennessy, sixty-four, is a granddaughter of Dorothy Day; this was her first Plowshares action.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2019
Two days ago, the Supreme Court ruled 8–0 that the president must turn over sixty-four tape recordings to the special prosecutor.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2019
It is one of the undisputed masterpieces of all music for the violin, comprising an astonishing sixty-four continuous variations on a single theme, creating the impression of an orchestra of sound from one single instrument.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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