50s

See also: '50s and 50's

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50s pl (plural only)

  1. The decade of the 1950s.
    Synonyms: 1950s, fifties
    • 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian[1]:
      “It’s possible when we started building research stations in the 50s and 60s words like ‘boondoggle’ might have been common at that time and it became a regular part of speech … in Antarctic culture it can take on a life of its own.”
  2. A range of the numbers fifty (50) to fifty-nine (59).
    No way you're in your 50s! I find that hard to believe.
    Temperatures today will range from the low to high 50s.

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