thirty-eight
noun
thir·ty-eight
ˌthər-tē-ˈāt 
1
: a number that is one more than 37 see Table of Numbers
2
: a .38 caliber handgun
—usually written .38
thirty-eight
adjective
thirty-eight
pronoun, plural in construction
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The per-capita income in Sierra County is less than thirty-eight thousand dollars a year.
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Amichai Lau Lavie is an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of thirty-eight rabbis stretching back a thousand years.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Branford, Bridgeport, West Hartford, and East Hartford are the six out of the one hundred thirty-eight school districts in Connecticut that will benefit from this round of funding.
—Adhista Kanuri, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
In a recent survey of local election officials, thirty-eight percent reported fearing for the safety of their colleagues.
—Katie Waldo, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The district was far smaller than Rochester, with some thirty-eight hundred students, more than seventy per cent of them white, but the job paid nearly as much.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
That ended up being a few months, and now it’s been thirty-eight years.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
The Reds’ immediate future will rely heavily on the All-Star shortstop Elly de la Cruz, who has emerged in his first full season as the most exciting player in baseball, just as Davis did thirty-eight summers ago.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
After the Hamas attacks of October 7th, Israel began its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, where more than thirty-eight thousand Palestinians have been killed.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 July 2024
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Amichai Lau Lavie is an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of thirty-eight rabbis stretching back a thousand years.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Branford, Bridgeport, West Hartford, and East Hartford are the six out of the one hundred thirty-eight school districts in Connecticut that will benefit from this round of funding.
—Adhista Kanuri, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
In a recent survey of local election officials, thirty-eight percent reported fearing for the safety of their colleagues.
—Katie Waldo, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The district was far smaller than Rochester, with some thirty-eight hundred students, more than seventy per cent of them white, but the job paid nearly as much.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
That ended up being a few months, and now it’s been thirty-eight years.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
The Reds’ immediate future will rely heavily on the All-Star shortstop Elly de la Cruz, who has emerged in his first full season as the most exciting player in baseball, just as Davis did thirty-eight summers ago.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
After the Hamas attacks of October 7th, Israel began its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, where more than thirty-eight thousand Palestinians have been killed.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 July 2024
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“Thirty-eight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thirty-eight. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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