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  • noun The cardinal number occurring after thirty-six and before thirty-eight.

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  • adjective being seven more than thirty

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Examples

  • One fellow wrote recently that he had called thirty-seven people without any positive results, and he was a bit discouraged.

    Nothing Down for the 2000s Robert G. Allen 2004

  • Although Debora was thirty-seven, which is no longer considered unusually late for childbearing, she and Mike had assumed that there would be no more children.

    Bitter Harvest Ann Rule 2000

  • He was convicted in 1996 when he was thirty-seven years old.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • And pretty soon his ranking was up to around thirty-seven, so I do take some credit for that.

    Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011

  • Thirty-seven degrees Fahrenheit in America is close to freezing point, and thirty-seven degrees Celsius in Europe is body temperature, which means sweltering hot.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • WRIGHT: We give thirty-seven vaccines to babies under the age of eighteen months.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • His first stops were the cities near the borders of Porus, thirty-seven towns in the shadow of the Himalayan mountains.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • It is a great pain to me, personally and professionally, to have to address this subject, but last spring's conviction of former chemistry teacher Tamara Flambé on thirty-seven counts of seducing the entire junior varsity volleyball squad she was said to be “supervising” leaves me with little choice.

    A Message from Your Local Superintendent Concerning Sex in Our Public Schools strannikov 2011

  • And in my approximation, I count at least—including him—thirty-seven dicks…in two years.

    Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011

  • While my children were in high school I went back to college and finished my degree at age thirty-seven.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

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