thirty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 36 or XXXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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There are three hundred and thirty six days remaining until the next presidential election.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2023
In 2014, Pew’s Religious Landscape Study found that forty per cent of immigrants attend religious services at least once a week, compared to thirty six per cent of the general population.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2019
Four hundred thirty six ministers answered his inquiries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
That she is thirty six years of Age.567 to which she Signs her Name and His Honour has placed his Rubric.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
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