plural sixties
1
: a number that is equal to six times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
sixties plural
: the numbers 60 to 69
specifically
: the years 60 to 69 in a lifetime or century
sixty
adjective
sixty
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of sixty in a Sentence
He retired when he was in his sixties.
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Last month, a 49-year-old man died after losing his footing while hiking up a 60-foot waterfall on Maui, and one day later a California couple in their sixties had to be rescued by helicopter after sustaining multiple injuries attempting to hike Oahu’s off-limits Sacred Falls Trail.
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Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
The people that sit around me are mainly blokes in their fifties and sixties.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Buckley, then in his sixties, replied and accepted the offer, inviting the younger man to his home on East 73rd Street.
—Katherine Howell, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
The people that sit around me are mainly blokes in their fifties and sixties.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Buckley, then in his sixties, replied and accepted the offer, inviting the younger man to his home on East 73rd Street.
—Katherine Howell, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sixty
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“Sixty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixty. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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