plural fifties
1
: a number equal to five times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
fifties plural
: the numbers 50 to 59
specifically
: the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century
3
: a 50-dollar bill
fifty
adjective
fifty
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of fifty in a Sentence
She is in her fifties.
The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty.
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Partly because of the Administration’s projects, the building-trades unions have added fifty thousand new members in the past year—their most significant growth since the fifties.
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Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Two weeks later, the Office of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III released an official statement explaining that Dorje Chang and his wife, Yuhua Wang, also in her fifties, died together at a Las Vegas residence.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, the share of people getting married for the first time in their forties and fifties quadrupled between 1990 and 2019.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Two weeks later, the Office of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III released an official statement explaining that Dorje Chang and his wife, Yuhua Wang, also in her fifties, died together at a Las Vegas residence.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, the share of people getting married for the first time in their forties and fifties quadrupled between 1990 and 2019.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fifty. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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