thirty-four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
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a symbol for this number, as 34 or XXXIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Under extreme assumptions, these emissions would change the global temperature by thirty-four one-thousands of one degree Celsius—an effect that would be undetectable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The day will be even more special for my sister and me because our father will be there as well and it has been thirty-four years since he spent Christmas with us in Alabama.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
“Approximately thirty-four individuals were charged by Mueller’s office, including several for providing false statements to investigators. Mr. Danchenko was not among them,” defense attorneys wrote in a filing over the holiday weekend.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
“Between Washington’s election and Lincoln’s,” Richards points out, “nineteen of the thirty-four Supreme Court appointees were slaveholders.”
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
But he seemed too conservative, and he was thirty-four to her twenty-one—well beyond the age she had imagined for a husband.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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