umpteenth

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Here he is in Virginia, campaigning for the umpteenth time.

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  1. Ordinal of umpteen, with corresponding signification; as, for the umpteenth time, I'm telling you to stop.

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  1. last in an indefinitely numerous series

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  • However, for the umpteenth time this season, Tynedale were left rueing their disciplinary record eight minutes later, when they simply ran out of numbers defending a powerful Redruth attack, and towering lock Luke Collins barged over from five metres, as unstoppable as a toppling giant sequoia. —  HX News and Sport
  • Friday at the Wanderers saw Boucher pull his team from the depths of depression for the umpteenth time in his underrated career, as the East London-born star orchestrated yet another one of those typically cameo knocks that has seen him bring a humbled smile to the Proteas fans who are often far too quick to condemn him when times are lean. —  Cricket365
  • Herbert For the umpteenth time, they didn't choose some obsure bank. —  This Is Guernsey
  • Then you can start over ..... again ... for the umpteenth time. —  The Jawa Report
  • In George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead," Romero has the dead rising up for the umpteenth time, this time to chow down on a new generation of human meat. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
 

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