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.

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thirty-seven

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

A longtime sufferer of heart disease, Cheney survived his first of five heart attacks when he was thirty-seven.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2020

A few days before the debate, Buttigieg, a polyglot Navy vet who is also, at age thirty-seven, a millennial, talked with David Remnick as part of the twentieth New Yorker Festival.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2019

Lillian Meecham was a stunningly beautiful woman of thirty-seven.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy