thirty-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 31 or XXXI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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California is one of thirty-one states that have passed laws to restrict the use of political deepfakes.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran had "had no negotiations with America in these thirty-one days," referring to the duration of the war.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
“We have had no negotiations with America in these thirty-one days,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said in a post on X External link, as translated into English.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
By the time Frank Sinatra stepped into the studio to record “Strangers in the Night” on April 11, 1966, he had already been singing professionally for thirty-one years and recording since 1939.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Cal had dropped its rate to thirty-two and then thirty-one after the big ten, but at twenty-nine the Washington boat continued to inch ahead.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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