sixty-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 60 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 62 or LXII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Two hundred and sixty-two agro and food-related PACs awarded nearly $27 million total to congressional campaigns in the 2024 election cycle.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024
Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022
The police count sixty-two, of whom forty-six were white.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
McNair, who was sixty-two, died in the crash; Morgan fell into a coma that lasted for eight days.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
“We’ll have seven expectant mothers and a hundred and sixty-two wounded men. That could change, of course. If you see anything suspicious, we’ll need to report it.”
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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