thirty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 36 or XXXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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There are three hundred and thirty six days remaining until the next presidential election.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2023
In 2014, Pew’s Religious Landscape Study found that forty per cent of immigrants attend religious services at least once a week, compared to thirty six per cent of the general population.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2019
Four hundred thirty six ministers answered his inquiries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
The general opinion gives him the command of a part, if not the whole of the combined fleets, which amount to thirty six sail of the line, now at sea, commanded by M. Cordova.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
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