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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We must make sure it achieves what the people of Liverpool have spent the past thirty-six years fighting for.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
The metropolitan area of Barcelona is made up of thirty-six municipalities, spread over 636 km2 and populated by around 3.2 million people.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
In the score, he instructed the soloist and orchestra to play very softly and at an unhurried tempo of thirty-six quarter notes per minute.
From New York Times • May 6, 2024
Six, thirty-six, thirty-six, thirty-six — the most famous phone number in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022
The ladders of meaning that led from every one of the alethiometer’s thirty-six symbols, down which she used to move so lightly and confidently, felt loose and shaky.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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