Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the decade from 1950 to 1959.
- noun the time of life between 50 and 60.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
fifty . - noun Fifty-dollar bills.
- noun The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
- noun The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time of life between 50 and 60
- noun the decade from 1950 to 1959
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Examples
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions The Media Consortium 2010
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Another reason we are so down on the fifties is our reverence for the sixties.
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Another reason we are so down on the fifties is our reverence for the sixties.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Another reason we are so down on the fifties is our reverence for the sixties.
May 2005 2005
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Synthetic phonics, which I have taught continuously since Training College in New Zealand in the fifties, is simply fast phonics to fabulous reading.
Early Reading With Fun Phonics « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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