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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingfifty-two and precedingfifty-four .
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- adjective being three more than fifty
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Examples
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“That’s because it’s fifty-three, which is about what it is outside.”
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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“That’s because it’s fifty-three, which is about what it is outside.”
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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“That’s because it’s fifty-three, which is about what it is outside.”
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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He sued fifty-three defendants, among them then attorney general John Ashcroft, and asserted that his detention and treatment violated the United States Constitution.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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One hundred fifty-three national education, civil rights, religious, disability, parent and civic groups have signed the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind.
How to evaluate students: Look at their work Valerie Strauss 2010
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And so it is not well for women, born south of fifty-three and reared gently, to knock loosely about the Northland, unless they be great of heart.
CHAPTER 20 2010
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Approximate time to start, one hour and fifty-three minutes.
Saturday To-Do List raecarson 2009
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For fifty-three of those years, he had been classified as an alien ineligible for citizenship.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The Yamaguchi Story -- How an Immigrant Farmer Paved the Way for Success Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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“Mr. Glurk weighed seven hundred and fifty-three pounds.”
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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“Mr. Glurk weighed seven hundred and fifty-three pounds.”
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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