sixty-five

American  

[siks-tee-fahyv] / ˈsɪks tiˈfaɪv /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 65 or LXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 65 in number.

Example Sentences

It is estimated that during each of the famine years, some sixty-five pounds of cabbage was consumed per person as it was all they had.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

A multidisciplinary team of ETH Zurich researchers developed a method of using an autonomous excavator to construct a dry-stone wall that is six metres high and sixty-five metres long.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023

“Three hundred sixty-five days so he could, hopefully, be rehabilitated in some way, shape or form, so he wouldn’t hurt other people.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

The greatest pharaoh of this period, and the last great pharaoh of the New Kingdom, was Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt for more than sixty-five years from 1279 to 1213 BCE.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

And once again it became clear that one hundred years after the first Red Scare and some sixty-five after a second, nativism and a mistrust of foreigners are still very much with us.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler