thirty-three
noun
thir·ty-three
ˌthər-tē-ˈthrē 
1
: a number that is one more than 32 see Table of Numbers
2
: a microgroove phonograph record designed to be played at 33¹/₃ revolutions per minute
—usually written 33
thirty-three
adjective
thirty-three
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of thirty-three in a Sentence
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Drug seizures increased from thirty-three kilos to 665,000, and arrests from thirty-one to 7,720.
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Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By then, the prosecutor general had charged Bolsonaro and thirty-three others with fomenting a coup.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Capric, who is thirty-three years old, grew up in Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour north of Palm Beach.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
El Paso gets money from the U.S. government for holding federal inmates in county jails—typically, about thirty-three thousand dollars a day.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Since Trump was inaugurated (again), his Administration has taken thirty-three climate-backtracking actions.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Now, at thirty-three, Faithfull is in New York to promote Broken English, an unexpectedly substantial comeback album that’s both powerful and eccentric.
—Debra Rae Cohen, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
John Gottman did a six-year study of couples and found that those who remained together responded to each other’s bids positively eighty-six percent of the time while those who divorced or split up only responded well thirty-three percent of the time.
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
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Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By then, the prosecutor general had charged Bolsonaro and thirty-three others with fomenting a coup.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Capric, who is thirty-three years old, grew up in Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour north of Palm Beach.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
El Paso gets money from the U.S. government for holding federal inmates in county jails—typically, about thirty-three thousand dollars a day.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Since Trump was inaugurated (again), his Administration has taken thirty-three climate-backtracking actions.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Now, at thirty-three, Faithfull is in New York to promote Broken English, an unexpectedly substantial comeback album that’s both powerful and eccentric.
—Debra Rae Cohen, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
John Gottman did a six-year study of couples and found that those who remained together responded to each other’s bids positively eighty-six percent of the time while those who divorced or split up only responded well thirty-three percent of the time.
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
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