thirty-eight

[thur-tee-eyt]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 8.

2. a symbol for this number, as 38 or XXXVIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 38 in number.

Example Sentences

One of Tunisia's worst attacks happened in 2015, when a gunman opened fire on tourists staying in a popular resort just north of Sousse, killing thirty-eight people.

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Over the summer, word leaked out that Michael Jordan, at age thirty-eight, might come out of retirement for the second time.

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“I always tell him. ’I am more intelligent because it took me no more than thirty-eight years to get to know you, it took you about fifty-something,’” she told the book’s authors.

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“The report dealt with and highlighted the tragic circumstances which led to thirty-eight people being injured and eight fatalities,” CAF said in a statement.

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“Nineteen thirty-eight,” I said, “but only for a short time.”

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