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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingforty-six and precedingforty-eight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being seven more than forty
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Examples
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Bill Perry believed that the U.S. force level in Japan at that time, some forty-seven thousand troops, was about right.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Bill Perry believed that the U.S. force level in Japan at that time, some forty-seven thousand troops, was about right.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Bill Perry believed that the U.S. force level in Japan at that time, some forty-seven thousand troops, was about right.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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At another studio, an executive advised his workers against Sinclair by pointing out that "of forty-seven books he has written, not one has ever been filmed."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Hollywood Hits, FDR Ignores, Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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At another studio, an executive advised his workers against Sinclair by pointing out that "of forty-seven books he has written, not one has ever been filmed."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Hollywood Hits, FDR Ignores, Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Once in forty-seven years someone actually holds the guy to account, and he fails miserably.
The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass” 2010
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Once in forty-seven years someone actually holds the guy to account, and he fails miserably.
The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass” 2010
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At another studio, an executive advised his workers against Sinclair by pointing out that "of forty-seven books he has written, not one has ever been filmed."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Hollywood Hits, FDR Ignores, Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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This was Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after all, and it seemed the least the college to do after erecting fraternity houses on land where forty-seven thousand men bled out.
Civil Amy Butcher 2011
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The four young men who first appeared on U.S. television on "The Ed Sullivan Show" forty-seven years ago changed music and television history.
When The Post panned the Beatles Elizabeth Flock 2011
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