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
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Elliot Carol, the C.E.O. and co-founder of Lunar Resources, is thirty-three, with a cherubic face and curly hair speckled with gray.
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Yang, who is thirty-three, was telling this story in a hotel lobby in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, not far from his apartment.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Location pins resembling orange teardrops denote the thirty-three places that promise at least twenty-five venders—Smock Farm, Traders Park, Covered Bridge Antique Mall, Rustic Hill Brew Thru.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
So, one way and another, Burton knew what was going to be expected of him – diamond rings and bracelets, including the thirty-three carat Krupp Diamond and what became known as the Burton-Taylor Diamond, a 69.42-carat rock, which when out of the bank vault had to be accompanied by armed guards.
—Roger Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
At Sumter, Anderson ordered the garrison's distinctive American flag raised over the fort, its thirty-three stars arrayed in a loose diamond pattern in the blue field at its top-left corner.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
Since October 7th, the Israeli government has prosecuted a military campaign that has displaced most of the population of Gaza and killed more than thirty-three thousand people.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
But Israel recently marked six months since Hamas massacred roughly twelve hundred Israelis and precipitated a war that, Gazan officials say, has killed more than thirty-three thousand Palestinians.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
At thirty-three, my husband had died abruptly and tragically, drowning in Lake Geneva while touring as a rock cellist.
—Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Yang, who is thirty-three, was telling this story in a hotel lobby in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, not far from his apartment.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Location pins resembling orange teardrops denote the thirty-three places that promise at least twenty-five venders—Smock Farm, Traders Park, Covered Bridge Antique Mall, Rustic Hill Brew Thru.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
So, one way and another, Burton knew what was going to be expected of him – diamond rings and bracelets, including the thirty-three carat Krupp Diamond and what became known as the Burton-Taylor Diamond, a 69.42-carat rock, which when out of the bank vault had to be accompanied by armed guards.
—Roger Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
At Sumter, Anderson ordered the garrison's distinctive American flag raised over the fort, its thirty-three stars arrayed in a loose diamond pattern in the blue field at its top-left corner.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
Since October 7th, the Israeli government has prosecuted a military campaign that has displaced most of the population of Gaza and killed more than thirty-three thousand people.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
But Israel recently marked six months since Hamas massacred roughly twelve hundred Israelis and precipitated a war that, Gazan officials say, has killed more than thirty-three thousand Palestinians.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
At thirty-three, my husband had died abruptly and tragically, drowning in Lake Geneva while touring as a rock cellist.
—Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
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