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  • noun The cardinal number immediately following fifty-three and preceding fifty-five.

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  • adjective being four more than fifty

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Examples

  • There are approximately 25.4 million single guys in the US that are between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-four, which is quite a few to choose from, but its the concentration of singles in any given area that is more important to consider.

    Become Your Own Matchmaker Patti Stanger with Lisa Johnson Mandell 2009

  • Charlie’s fifty-four, which is maybe getting on, he supposes.

    Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain 2005

  • Charlie’s fifty-four, which is maybe getting on, he supposes.

    Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain 2005

  • Charlie’s fifty-four, which is maybe getting on, he supposes.

    Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain 2005

  • Charlie’s fifty-four, which is maybe getting on, he supposes.

    Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain 2005

  • But most impressive of all was his fifty-four room mansion, called Dominion Residence, which included a perfume parlor, barber shop, ballroom, and shrine to his longtime companion, James Walton, who died in 1951.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In 1919 Phelan conducted a survey of amusements in his city and was shocked to learn that in the downtown area alone there were “fifty-four rooms used for dancing purposes” and that they were all located “in the neighborhood of the picture houses.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • This meant that the Senate would always need sixty votes for cloture; under our resolution, the number needed for cloture might be as low as fifty-four or fifty-five if several members were absent.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • This meant that the Senate would always need sixty votes for cloture; under our resolution, the number needed for cloture might be as low as fifty-four or fifty-five if several members were absent.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • This meant that the Senate would always need sixty votes for cloture; under our resolution, the number needed for cloture might be as low as fifty-four or fifty-five if several members were absent.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

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