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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Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The caverns, open to the public since the sixties, continue to be explored.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
The sport was very cruel in those decades, the sixties, the seventies and part of the eighties.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Wick was originally written to be in his early sixties, but the script still centered around the retired assassin’s vengeful pursuit after his recently deceased wife’s parting gift of a puppy was murdered during a home invasion and car theft.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The caverns, open to the public since the sixties, continue to be explored.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
The sport was very cruel in those decades, the sixties, the seventies and part of the eighties.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Wick was originally written to be in his early sixties, but the script still centered around the retired assassin’s vengeful pursuit after his recently deceased wife’s parting gift of a puppy was murdered during a home invasion and car theft.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Sixty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixty. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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