The cardinal number immediately following forty-five and preceding forty-seven.(noun)
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Use "forty-six" in a sentence
"Wade; abortion was illegal in forty-six states when Roe was decided."
"If one pod failed due to a malfunction, the other forty-six were ensured a successful reentry on the designated date, provided there were no further natural disasters to threaten the extinction of mankind."
"Trucker Guy refused another and left me forty-six cents as a tip, which cinched my feelings of ill will toward him."