sixty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 60 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 63 or LXIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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One hundred and sixty-three of the fires are in Quebec.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Overall, it receives between sixty-three and seventy-eight inches of rain every year.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Three hundred sixty-three days later, there is progress.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2023
“These sixty-three fellows are representative of the magnificent range of disciplines and diversity of our nation’s artists,” USA Board Chair Ed Henry said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
In Mendeleyev’s day just sixty-three elements were known, but part of his cleverness was to realize that the elements as then known didn’t make a complete picture, that many pieces were missing.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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