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  • noun The cardinal number immediately following eighty-six and preceding eighty-eight.

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  • adjective being seven more than eighty

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Examples

  • Altogether, Johnson proposed eighty-seven bills in the first session of the Eighty-ninth Congress; eighty-four became law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I knew that the odds of his living to age eighty-seven in prison are very small.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • Eighty-three percent of evangelicals, for example, say that other religions can bring salvation; eighty-seven percent of Black Protestants believe so see Figure 15.5.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Altogether, Johnson proposed eighty-seven bills in the first session of the Eighty-ninth Congress; eighty-four became law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • By the time he is eligible for parole in the year 2046 he will be eighty-seven years old.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • Altogether, Johnson proposed eighty-seven bills in the first session of the Eighty-ninth Congress; eighty-four became law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Abner Golightly, age eighty-seven, was a self-proclaimed latter-day prospector who reminded me of Blue from that Old School movie.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • The establishment answered the phone “Tiger Lilies” on page twenty-three and by page eighty-seven, there had been six tiger mentions.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Curtis was eighty-seven years old, had difficulty walking.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • The establishment answered the phone “Tiger Lilies” on page twenty-three and by page eighty-seven, there had been six tiger mentions.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

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