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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As many as three-quarters of all teen-agers now wear braces at some point—up from thirty per cent in the eighties and five per cent in the fifties.
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Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Jim and Stephen in the eighties did not quite take this sort-of observer’s viewpoint from within.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
But now that so many of his peers continue to turn out new material into their eighties, Joel’s choice is even more striking.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
Yes, by the late eighties the transition Art had envisioned was happening.
—Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
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Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Jim and Stephen in the eighties did not quite take this sort-of observer’s viewpoint from within.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
But now that so many of his peers continue to turn out new material into their eighties, Joel’s choice is even more striking.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
Yes, by the late eighties the transition Art had envisioned was happening.
—Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for eighty
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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