thirty-three
noun
thir·ty-three
ˌthər-tē-ˈthrē 
1
: a number that is one more than 32 see Table of Numbers
2
: a microgroove phonograph record designed to be played at 33⅓ revolutions per minute
—usually written 33
thirty-three
adjective
thirty-three
pronoun, plural in construction
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In a thirty-three-day ramble along the Hudson and Connecticut rivers in 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison encountered many of the issues that would end up plaguing the United States.
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Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Maybe to one-up John Cage and his infamous four minutes, thirty-three seconds of silence, Sun Ra had composed a piece for a band that never comes.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
For progressives, the undisputed master of the viral protest song is the thirty-three-year-old folksinger Jesse Welles, who makes videos of himself standing in a field, singing clever miniature tunes about the hypocrisies of the health-care industry, tech billionaires, ICE.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a leading light of the Glasgow experimental and contemporary art scene and a mainstay in the larger Scottish art scene, is closing after thirty-three years in operation.
—News Desk, Artforum, 2 Feb. 2026
The red leash that his hundred-and-ten-pound Bouvier had worn was of course too large for a rescue of thirty-three pounds soaking wet.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
After thirty-three years in the business, Richie Baxley, owner of Environmental Chimney Service in Western North Carolina, has seen it all.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
The Hackmans had been married for thirty-three years.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Maybe to one-up John Cage and his infamous four minutes, thirty-three seconds of silence, Sun Ra had composed a piece for a band that never comes.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
For progressives, the undisputed master of the viral protest song is the thirty-three-year-old folksinger Jesse Welles, who makes videos of himself standing in a field, singing clever miniature tunes about the hypocrisies of the health-care industry, tech billionaires, ICE.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a leading light of the Glasgow experimental and contemporary art scene and a mainstay in the larger Scottish art scene, is closing after thirty-three years in operation.
—News Desk, Artforum, 2 Feb. 2026
The red leash that his hundred-and-ten-pound Bouvier had worn was of course too large for a rescue of thirty-three pounds soaking wet.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
After thirty-three years in the business, Richie Baxley, owner of Environmental Chimney Service in Western North Carolina, has seen it all.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
The Hackmans had been married for thirty-three years.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Thirty-three.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thirty-three. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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