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How to pronounce fifties in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mid-fifties
Type of time of life
Type Words
Synonyms 1950s
Type of decade, decennary, decennium

Examples of fifties

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But they are acting like uncaring, closed minded, distant dads from the fifties.
From the economist.com
His work included several best selling works throughout the fifties and sixties.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There was one lady in her fifties who enjoyed regularly going to swinging clubs.
From the guardian.co.uk
So, Tel Aviv was the capital between 1948 and whatever year in the fifties then?
From the en.wikipedia.org
In his early fifties, he is considered young in Japan for such a powerful role.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In the case of UPS, CEO Mike Eskew retired without any drama in his late fifties.
From the businessweek.com
Harrod notes that several potteries were formed in response to this fifties boom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Look at his numbers and he is the leading wicket taker and scored two fifties.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Surinder Dhiman and his wife, Dalbir, are from Leicester and are in their fifties.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Being ten more than forty
  • The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
  • Fifty dollar bill: a United States bill worth 50 dollars
  • (fifties) the decade from 1950 to 1959
  • (fifties) the time of life between 50 and 60
  • 50 (fifty) is the natural number following 49 and preceding 51.
  • (The Fifties(book)) The Fifties (ISBN 9780679415596, 1993) is a historical account by David Halberstam about the decade of the 1950s in the United States. ...
  • (Fifties) the decade that precedes the sixties. It is difficult to say what exactly happened in the Fifties, since the recordings and photographs from that time all have the artifacts and distortions that contemporary technology and intervening years have imposed. ...
  • (The Fifties) (1997), television mini-series