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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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Already young climate activists are saying about Bangladeshis and the people of the twenty-third century, “They are us.”

Now, as the show enters its twenty-third season, we are engaged in what will probably be our last contract negotiation with Fox.

For all the problems that pop up in Doubt you can blame the Pope, John the Twenty-Third, himself.

In his twenty-third year he became manager of the Shrewsbury and Ludlow Railway—probably the youngest railway manager recorded.

This transcript also establishes that the “Open Entrance” was penned when the author was in his twenty-third year.

On the twenty-third of the same month, Mr. Marsh submitted the report of the committee.

On the twenty-third Napoleon again (p. 224) visited Lannes, who was now fully conscious and aware that he was doomed.

The twenty-third hour is therefore subject to Jupiter, and the twenty-fourth to Mars.

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