twenty-third
Americanadjective
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next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
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being one of 23 equal parts.
noun
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a twenty-third part, especially of one (1/23).
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the twenty-third member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Find the twenty-third term of a sequence where the first term is six and the common difference is four.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Bortles currently ranks twenty-third among quarterback with a passer rating of 83.2.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017
Skelos is the twenty-third New York State lawmaker to be indicted or charged with a crime since 2010.
From The New Yorker • May 7, 2015
But the service was a sequel of sorts to a failed effort which dated from several years before he joined Google in 1999, becoming its twenty-third employee.
From Time • Apr. 1, 2014
“We are. On the twenty-third of June, the eve of the Feast of the Saint John the Baptist.”
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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