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twenty-third
[ twen-tee-thurd, twuhn- ]
adjective
- next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- being one of 23 equal parts.
noun
- a twenty-third part, especially of one (1/23).
- 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.
From Literature
It allows for Maine to be admitted as the twenty-third state, a free state.
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Then, on the twenty-third, the men harnessed themselves to the boats again and resumed the backbreaking haul across the ice.
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Ensign Spock conceded her point, but I wondered if this would remain true in the twenty-third century.
From The New Yorker
“They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.”
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