thirty-seven

American  

[thur-tee-sev-uhn] / ˈθɜr tiˈsɛv ən /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 37 or XXXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 37 in number.

Example Sentences

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thirty-seven

Fauci responded, "I don't understand why you're asking me that question. My financial disclosure is public knowledge and has been so for the last thirty-seven years or so, 35 years."

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2022

Feerick writes: "Despite vacancies totaling more than thirty-seven years, no serious effort was made to devise a means for filling a vice presidential vacancy until after the assassination of President Kennedy."

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2020

Year after year would slip away, until finally, at thirty-seven, he would enter night school along with a squad of newly naturalized Czechs, sponsored by labor unions.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

On a highway near Al Hasakah, near the Rumeilan fields, I counted forty-four oil tankers in a single convoy—for security—going in one direction, and thirty-seven tankers going the other way.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 30, 2019

I had made it to my destination—Poky Feeders, a feedlot and home to thirty-seven thousand head of cattle.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan