plural eighties
1
: a number that is equal to eight times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
eighties plural
: the numbers 80 to 89
specifically
: the years 80 to 89 in a lifetime or century
Examples of eighty in a Sentence
The temperature rose to the high eighties.
She is in her mid-eighties.
Recent Examples on the Web
These were not mental illnesses that required hospitalization but, rather, symptoms of the hard conditions that people were under in the eighties.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
By the dawn of the nineties, the culture had only doubled down on the worship of wealth, beauty, and glamour that dominated the eighties.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
So much theory of the eighties and nineties was this mode of interrogating which was ostensibly meant to liberate subsequent generations from either identifying or being identified in a certain way.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
There was also a show in the eighties focused around a Pyramid, with several monetary values in the title – one being the $100,000 Pyramid.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Willetts is a tall, genial man, who worked for Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit in the eighties.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Most respondents said someone in their eighties could make for an effective president but would be less capable in other occupations.
—Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
In the late nineteen-seventies and early eighties, classical education reëmerged as a pushback against these trends.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The eighties, particularly in New York City, are remembered for being an era of excess.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
By the dawn of the nineties, the culture had only doubled down on the worship of wealth, beauty, and glamour that dominated the eighties.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
So much theory of the eighties and nineties was this mode of interrogating which was ostensibly meant to liberate subsequent generations from either identifying or being identified in a certain way.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
There was also a show in the eighties focused around a Pyramid, with several monetary values in the title – one being the $100,000 Pyramid.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Willetts is a tall, genial man, who worked for Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit in the eighties.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Most respondents said someone in their eighties could make for an effective president but would be less capable in other occupations.
—Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
In the late nineteen-seventies and early eighties, classical education reëmerged as a pushback against these trends.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The eighties, particularly in New York City, are remembered for being an era of excess.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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