Definitions
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- adjective The ordinal form of the number
twenty-three . - noun The person or thing in the twenty-third position.
- noun One of twenty-three equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective coming next after the twenty-second in position
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Examples
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Set in the twenty-third century, the series features a cast of new characters with storylines that run parallel to the events of the original Star Trek television series.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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After a particularly one-sided romance with a much older man who gave me a jar of Dijon mustard for my twenty-third birthday, and the period of celibacy and self-searching that ensued, by my twenty-fifth birthday I was ready to be in a relationship again.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Of the forty-six countries for which data were available, Russia had only the thirty-seventh highest rate of victimization by burglary, the twenty-third highest for theft of personal property, and the twenty-fourth highest for assault with force.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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It was January twenty-third and the preceding five months had been rife with highs and lows.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Yet the twenty-third child joined another pair rather than work with Sasha.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Looking at just the United States, it was merely the twenty-third warmest year on record, no doubt a factor in the aforementioned poll.
Christopher Mims: Amidst a Giant Snowstorm, Last Year Was Declared Hottest Year Ever Christopher Mims 2011
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We come in at twenty-third; Denmark claims to have the happiest people on the planet.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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Of the forty-six countries for which data were available, Russia had only the thirty-seventh highest rate of victimization by burglary, the twenty-third highest for theft of personal property, and the twenty-fourth highest for assault with force.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Looking at just the United States, it was merely the twenty-third warmest year on record, no doubt a factor in the aforementioned poll.
Christopher Mims: Amidst a Giant Snowstorm, Last Year Was Declared Hottest Year Ever Christopher Mims 2011
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It was January twenty-third and the preceding five months had been rife with highs and lows.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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