fifth
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On the fifth anniversary, I focused not on the pictures of the event but the sounds, especially the tapes and transcripts of the last phone calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Service companies reduced employment for the fifth time in the past six months, perhaps portending a weak August employment report on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
It's a Sin actor Callum Scott Howells, who stars as Henry Paget in Madfabulous, previously said it was a "genuine honour" to portray the fifth Marquess of Anglesey.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The jury on Wednesday indicated to Judge William Sullivan that it had reached a stalemate again on the fifth day of deliberations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Observers of Soviet politics figured Khrushchev was about the fifth most powerful figure in Stalin’s inner circle.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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
As mentioned above, Pythagorean tuning made sense in medieval times, when music was dominated by fifths.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
