50s

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50s

noun '50s · 50's

plural, plural only The decade of the 1950s. “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.”
Similar: 1950s, fifties
plural, plural only A range of the numbers fifty (50) to fifty-nine (59). No way you're in your 50s! I find that hard to believe.

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@misc{50s_2026,
  title = {50s},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/50s},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}