fifth
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The rare pause in fighting, which began early Tuesday, enabled a humanitarian mission to the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky and came as the Ukraine war grinds through its fifth year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The state is home to more than a fifth of the Brazilian population in the U.S.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
He was fifth fastest, but a one-place penalty for Red Bull's Max Verstappen puts Antonelli on the second row alongside Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Knightsbridge was third, with two Japanese horses, T O Password and favored Forever Young finishing fourth and fifth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Along with James Monroe, the fifth president, these men held office for forty of the first forty-eight years of the American presidency.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Sarah's experience reflects a wider trend of more than four fifths of women being actively involved in managing daily finances like day-to-day spending and household budgeting, according to St James's Place's Women and Wealth Report.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
Caucus members account for three fifths of the lower house and half of the senate seats.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2023
The song has easy rhythms, said Glass, but it’s more challenging to sing because of the wider vocal range and the way the melody line leaps by fifths and octaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The main weakness of the Pythagorean system is that a series of pure perfect fifths will never take you to a note that is a pure octave above the note you started on.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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