thirty-two
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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
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Conservatively, you should probably be about thirty two at this point.
From Forbes • Jul. 19, 2012
The measurement of the atmosphere exterminated the wiseacre proverb, "Nature abhors a vacuum," by the burlesque addition, "but only for the first thirty two feet."
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
This last platform is thirty two feet eight inches square, and if to this were added what is necessary to complete the pyramid, the total height would be 479 feet.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
Buck computed Richard the Third to have fallen at the age of thirty four or five; but, by Cox's account, he could not be more than thirty two.
From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Walpole, Horace
More than that, it was agreed upon by these same enlightened doctors, to try the result of another blood-letting, by which thirty two ounces more was drawn.
From The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put by Riley, Harvey
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