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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingfifty-five and precedingfifty-seven .
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- adjective being six more than fifty
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Examples
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In response, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia with fifty-six delegates, representing every colony except Georgia.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Watermead Manor is not much more than sixty miles from London, but when the young man did the distance from his park gates to the Marble Arch in fifty-six minutes on his new Brusier-Grolier, a machine of the same make which, to the eternal glory of France, had won the Gordon-Bennett Cup that year, the bench of magistrates universally agreed that his lordship had not only gone too far, but too fast.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Settling into the seat, Tropp replied, “I stopped sleeping fifty-six years ago, a practice I never abandoned after my youngest child left home.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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In one study, Gottman and his colleagues recruited fifty-six married couples and asked them to talk about how satisfied they were with their marriages.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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“One point seventy-eight per second, one hundred and seven per minute, six thousand four hundred and eight per hour, nearly one hundred and fifty-four thousand per day, fifty-six—”
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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For the following fifty-six hours straight, the team called in airstrikes from all the bombers available in theater.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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"I should have had one hundred and fifty-six dollars when I left the poor-farm," the ancient one continued.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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The chopper hit the ground fifty-six minutes later.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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For the following fifty-six hours straight, the team called in airstrikes from all the bombers available in theater.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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She didn't have the opportunity to ask again until she was fifty-six.
The Dummy's Guide to Marriage Proposals J.A. Pak 2011
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