forty-eight [fawr-tee-eyt] Examples noun
- a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- the forty-eight, the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
adjective
- 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.
Kirsten Powers
September 28, 2010
Historical Examples of forty-eight
I leave you free to bring it me back within forty-eight hours.
Sarah Bernhardt
We had not left New York forty-eight hours when the vessel stopped.
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.
Samuel Richardson
Handel was forty-eight before he published any of his great works.
Samuel Smiles