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Wiktionary
- n. The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being seven more than forty
Examples
“Bill Perry believed that the U.S. force level in Japan at that time, some forty-seven thousand troops, was about right.”
“Once in forty-seven years someone actually holds the guy to account, and he fails miserably.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass”
“This was Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after all, and it seemed the least the college to do after erecting fraternity houses on land where forty-seven thousand men bled out.”
“The four young men who first appeared on U.S. television on "The Ed Sullivan Show" forty-seven years ago changed music and television history.”
“At another studio, an executive advised his workers against Sinclair by pointing out that "of forty-seven books he has written, not one has ever been filmed.”
“His spirit was broken, and in 1865 he died in a psychiatric institute at the age of forty-seven, never having gained the recognition he so much deserved.4*”
““Nine forty-seven p.m., sir,” Stephen Kowalski stated, looking down at the page.”
“Eight out of forty-seven vice presidents or 17% reached immortality as "accidental presidents" either through death or through resignation of the sitting president.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Hobratsch: 7 Vice Presidents: The Great "What-If" Presidencies
““Are you aware that Trojan Energy has paid over forty-seven million dollars in ransom to Abu Nasir in the past twelve months?””
“That would leave a comparatively young and vigorous William and Kate to become king and queen at age forty-seven.”
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