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twenty-third

[ twen-tee-thurd, twuhn- ]

adjective

  1. next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
  2. being one of 23 equal parts.


noun

  1. a twenty-third part, especially of one (1/23).
  2. the twenty-third member of a series.
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Example Sentences

“It was thought that the twenty-third baron had no surviving relatives,” said Mother.

It allows for Maine to be admitted as the twenty-third state, a free state.

Then, on the twenty-third, the men harnessed themselves to the boats again and resumed the backbreaking haul across the ice.

Ensign Spock conceded her point, but I wondered if this would remain true in the twenty-third century.

“They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.”

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