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forty-eight


forty-eight [fawr-tee-eyt] Examples noun

  1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. the forty-eight, the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.

adjective

  1. amounting to 48 in number.

Examples from the Web for forty-eight Contemporary Examples of forty-eight

  • Forty-eight works from 37 artists, including 18 women, are on display, and the selection is eclectic.

    Pharrell’s ‘GIRLS’ Exhibit Stars…Pharrell?

    Liza Foreman

    May 29, 2014

  • Forty-eight hours before, I had been in a helicopter that was getting shot at in Iraq.

    Eric Greitens, Former Navy SEAL, on Helping Military Veterans

    Eric Greitens

    May 15, 2013

  • Forty-eight percent of the poll respondents said the average American consumes too many natural resources.

    New Poll Finds Americans Are Worried About Runaway Population Growth

    Jerry Karnas

    February 28, 2013

  • Forty-eight percent say they are pro-life, while 46 percent say they are pro-choice.

    Newsweek Survey: Oprah, Clinton Most Admired Women in America

    March 7, 2011

  • Forty-eight percent of men said in a Marist poll this month that they are “very enthusiastic” about voting, the most of any group.

    Losing the American Dream

    Kirsten Powers

    September 28, 2010

  • Historical Examples of forty-eight

  • I leave you free to bring it me back within forty-eight hours.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

  • We had not left New York forty-eight hours when the vessel stopped.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

  • And so forty-eight hours were left one to prepare for the onslaught.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete

    Emile Zola

  • Permit me, I beseech you, before you go to London to send you forty-eight guineas.

    Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)

    Samuel Richardson

  • Handel was forty-eight before he published any of his great works.

    Self-Help

    Samuel Smiles

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