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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.
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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