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fifth

adjective as in having five of something

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But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

He branded it a fifth-column invasion into popular culture, normalizing radical, even communist ambitions.

Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.

As late as the fifth century, powerful aristocratic women took charge of the commemoration of the dead in Rome.

Each two-hour episode will build upon itself to tell a story that takes place between the third and fifth seasons of the show.

These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.

After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.

Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.

In the next two days he re-wrote the twenty thousand, and on the fifth day he tore it into shreds and threw it to the winds.

A fifth by the sheer hazard of a lucky "deal" acquires a fortune without work at all.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fifth, such as: quinary, quinquennial, and quintan.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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