thirty-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 32 or XXXII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Its thirty-two recommendations cover clarity and coherence, meaningful independence, better compliance, and transparency and accountability.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
One-hundred thirty-two points are a lot of points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
“I saw thirty-two people per cage, about six cages in the one tent. I saw a lot of people – young men — who looked like me,” Frost said.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
The team's current publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics describes the development of a portable, palm-sized test system that can simultaneously carry out up to thirty-two analyses of one sample.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
So, perhaps, was music, both vocal and instrumental; excavating Caral, Shady discovered thirty-two flutes made of pelican wingbones tucked into a recess in the main temple.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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