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 33¹/₃ revolutions per minute
—usually written 33
thirty-three
adjective
thirty-three
pronoun, plural in construction
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Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle spin-off, LiveWire, sold just 33 (yes, thirty-three) electric motorcycles last quarter— more than a 70% drop from Q1 2024, which was also not a good quarter for the brand.
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William Roberson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
One hundred and thirty-three red-robed cardinals from around the world have filed into the Sistine Chapel to the strains of a choir backed by organ music, and the doors were sealed behind them.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
One hundred thirty-three electors will take part in the secretive process of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 May 2025
Drug seizures increased from thirty-three kilos to 665,000, and arrests from thirty-one to 7,720.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By then, the prosecutor general had charged Bolsonaro and thirty-three others with fomenting a coup.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Capric, who is thirty-three years old, grew up in Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour north of Palm Beach.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
El Paso gets money from the U.S. government for holding federal inmates in county jails—typically, about thirty-three thousand dollars a day.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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William Roberson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
One hundred and thirty-three red-robed cardinals from around the world have filed into the Sistine Chapel to the strains of a choir backed by organ music, and the doors were sealed behind them.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
One hundred thirty-three electors will take part in the secretive process of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 May 2025
Drug seizures increased from thirty-three kilos to 665,000, and arrests from thirty-one to 7,720.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By then, the prosecutor general had charged Bolsonaro and thirty-three others with fomenting a coup.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Capric, who is thirty-three years old, grew up in Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour north of Palm Beach.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
El Paso gets money from the U.S. government for holding federal inmates in county jails—typically, about thirty-three thousand dollars a day.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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