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40s
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40S '40s 40's
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviated form of en 1940s.
Noun
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The decade of the 1940s.
en 1940s forties
A range of the numbers forty (40) to forty-nine (49).
en Katia Hetter Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/health/breast-cancer-screening-mammogram-guidelines-wellness/index.html 2024-05-08 Women in their 40s were counseled to make individual decisions together with their health care provider, but there was no explicit recommendation for them to start until they turned 50. https://web.archive.org/web/20260303040423/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/health/breast-cancer-screening-mammogram-guidelines-wellness/index.html 3 March 2026
Alternative forms
en '40s
en 40's
Translations
the decade of the 1940s forties
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
en noun form
en 40 bottle of beer
en Forty Decades