plural eighties
1
: a number that is equal to eight times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
eighties plural
: the numbers 80 to 89
specifically
: the years 80 to 89 in a lifetime or century
Examples of eighty in a Sentence
The temperature rose to the high eighties.
She is in her mid-eighties.
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The sitting President, in his eighties and visibly declining, had to be pressured into leaving the ticket; the Party no longer offers a signature policy at the scale of Obamacare or even a Green New Deal.
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
The book also explains how trade between Ireland and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) has reportedly gone from almost nothing in the early eighties to €5.3 billion in 2021.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Lewis, who even in his late eighties never shook the habit of working from the office, had asked me to grab him lunch.
—Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Fethullah Gülen was in his eighties and had long been in ill health.
—CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
The book also explains how trade between Ireland and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) has reportedly gone from almost nothing in the early eighties to €5.3 billion in 2021.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Lewis, who even in his late eighties never shook the habit of working from the office, had asked me to grab him lunch.
—Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Fethullah Gülen was in his eighties and had long been in ill health.
—CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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