sixty-one

American  

[siks-tee-wuhn] / ˈsɪks tiˈwʌn /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 1.

2. a symbol for this number, as 61 or LXI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 61 in number.

Example Sentences

After some back and forth over how Google would be able to provide information without violating its privacy policy, Google produced a spreadsheet of sixty-one searches made by eight accounts.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Looking back on his career just before his death in 1915, Comstock boasted of having “convicted persons enough to fill a passenger train of sixty-one coaches,” and having “destroyed 160 tons of obscene literature.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

“There is no danger to the public. Mr. Fortenberry has led an extraordinary and rigorously law-abiding life over his sixty-one years. He will continue to do good for others.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

To get to sixty-one votes, then, Netanyahu needs the eight seats controlled by Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of a secular rightist party.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019

Winchell called the play that had been sent in from the sidelines, sixty-one pass.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger