thirty-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 38 or XXXVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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And from there, the team put thirty eight children in the “experimental group.”
From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023
Since 1965, Head Start has served more than thirty eight million children.
From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023
This upholding of limits on contributions to candidates has stood the test of time, and remained the law of the land for the thirty eight years since Buckley was decided.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2014
The subscription for the Vaudois, of which two thousands pounds was given by the protector, amounted to thirty eight thousand two hundred and twenty-eight pounds four shillings and twopence.
From The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Belloc, Hilaire
At one Time a French Officer, with thirty eight Men, surprised some of the Five Nations in a Cabin, which they had built near Lake St. Piere.
From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader
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