thirty-eight
noun
thir·ty-eight
ˌthər-tē-ˈāt 
1
: a number that is one more than 37 see Table of Numbers
2
: a .38 caliber handgun
—usually written .38
thirty-eight
adjective
thirty-eight
pronoun, plural in construction
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In 2024, only thirty-eight people were sentenced for federal mortgage fraud, four more than in the previous year, according to statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The flyer circled the meadow for thirty-eight minutes and three seconds.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
Megan Reed, a smiley thirty-eight-year-old public-affairs manager for Bell, told me that the MV-75 was slated to replace the oldfangled Black Hawk, which entered service in 1979.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Our Streets, an exhibit that featured the photography of more than thirty-eight photojournalists, including that of September 11 victim Bill Biggart.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
According to Aberdeen Research, a company will spend thirty-eight million dollars a year on unplanned downtime costs, primarily due to human error ( Ryan Arsenault, 2016).
—Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The flyer circled the meadow for thirty-eight minutes and three seconds.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
Megan Reed, a smiley thirty-eight-year-old public-affairs manager for Bell, told me that the MV-75 was slated to replace the oldfangled Black Hawk, which entered service in 1979.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Our Streets, an exhibit that featured the photography of more than thirty-eight photojournalists, including that of September 11 victim Bill Biggart.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
According to Aberdeen Research, a company will spend thirty-eight million dollars a year on unplanned downtime costs, primarily due to human error ( Ryan Arsenault, 2016).
—Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Thirty-eight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thirty-eight. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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