eighties
IPA: ˈeɪtiz
noun
- The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
- The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
- (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 80 and 89.
adjective
- From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
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Examples of "eighties" in Sentences
- The people aged in their eighties.
- She later quit the industry in the eighties.
- The eighties saw increased activism by the Board.
- Her first fiance was murdered in the early eighties.
- The eighties became known as the decade of the sitcom.
- The Cannery was demolished in the eighties, late seventies.
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