fifties
IPA: fˈɪftiz
noun
- The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
- The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
- (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 50 and 59.
adjective
- From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).
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Examples of "fifties" in Sentences
- In the fifties it was downright fishy.
- The new tower was built in the fifties.
- The plots beginning set is in the fifties.
- He served in the Korean War in the fifties.
- In the late fifties the team was revived as the All Whites.
- He became the head of litigation and a partner in the late fifties.
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