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.
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And while eighties ski suits are back on the slopes, the mullet largely isn’t, except on a sign banning it on Lake Tahoe’s Mount Rose.
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Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Farm debt is back near its peak in the eighties—higher, by some measures—and rural suicide rates have climbed sharply.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
That would be boxer Vinny Paz or Vinny Pazienza, a tough fighter out of Rhode Island who in the eighties and nineties fought his way to the top of the fight game, earning two championship titles.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
The production also happened to star her mother, Kaća Dorić, an actress with a long career and now in her eighties.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Farm debt is back near its peak in the eighties—higher, by some measures—and rural suicide rates have climbed sharply.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
That would be boxer Vinny Paz or Vinny Pazienza, a tough fighter out of Rhode Island who in the eighties and nineties fought his way to the top of the fight game, earning two championship titles.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
The production also happened to star her mother, Kaća Dorić, an actress with a long career and now in her eighties.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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