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

Having gone through premature induced menopause at thirty-seven years old due to hormonal treatments for breast cancer, I've been following these conversations closely.

From Salon • May 21, 2023

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

It has raised thirty-seven million dollars from investors, and it recently took on the private-equity firm Permira Advisers as a majority stakeholder.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019

He was thirty-seven years old and it was all going to fall apart again.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols