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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingforty-two and precedingforty-four .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being three more than forty
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Examples
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About a year earlier, I had mentioned to Peter that I was seeking U.S. Supreme Court review on behalf of a man, Stanley Durden, who had received a life sentence with no possibility of parole for twenty-five years for stealing an umbrella and two bottles of liquor worth forty-three dollars from a supermarket on a cold, rainy night.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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A study done of 131 individuals who were executed in Texas during the governorship of George W. Bush found that forty-three had an attorney who had previously been disciplined by the Bar for misconduct.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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I found my Gertie when we were in seventh grade at the Grundy Elementary School, been married for forty-three years.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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At forty-three, he had already acquired a noticeable amount of gray hair that was invading inward from his temples, creating a striking contrast to his often tanned face.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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This was the plight of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor who had a brain stem stroke in 1995, when he was forty-three.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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In 1990, 35 percent of Russian respondents said that most people could be trusted; the average for all forty-three countries surveyed was 32 percent.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The decedent referred to in the report was Kenneth Burnstine, forty-three, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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I marveled that it took forty-three years to outsmart a one-year-old.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday that France will return as a full-fledged member of NATO, forty-three years after Charles De Gaulle withdrew from the alliance.
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The decedent referred to in the report was Kenneth Burnstine, forty-three, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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