sixty-three
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sesenta y tres
- There are sixty-three students enrolled in the advanced math class this semester.
- sixty-three percent
- sixty-three years
- sixty-three-year-old
Examples
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The temperature today is expected to reach sixty-three degrees Fahrenheit.
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Each student can complete the test administration booklet in approximately sixty-three minutes.
Academic text (2005) -
His name is Charlie Swan, and his wife of sixty-three years was also with him.
Blog text (11) -
Teachers serve on the staff of NBPTS, and the majority of the sixty-three National Board members are teachers.
Academic text (1996) -
Of all Hispanics living in the United States, approximately sixty-three percent are Chicanos.
Academic text (1990) -
The month-long siege proved an arduous trial indeed for the sixty-three-year-old governor.
Academic text (2014) -
Surveys show that in Canada, sixty-three percent of consumers are currently unwilling to use the Internet to transact business.
Academic text (1999) -
Now I'm sixty-three and don't look a day over fifty-nine, she told herself happily.
Fiction book (2001) -
In 1955, there were sixty-three standing committees and subcommittees; by 1975, there were 142.
Academic text (1990) -
Pope Pius XII, the sixty-three-year-old Pacelli, did not continue his predecessor's combative policies.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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Etymology
Sixty-three is made from the two parts sixty and three. Sixty means 'six tens' and three means 'three', so sixty-three means 'six tens and three more', which is why it is the number 63.