ordinal
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There are 25 Helena Drives in Brentwood, each a cul-de-sac preceded by a different ordinal number — 7th, 19th, etc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
The team also noted that drawings showing ordinal representations were more frequently associated with a one-step solution, even if the problem was cardinal.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
“The only way a person could determine an elector’s ordinal position is by personally observing that elector cast his or her ballot.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
The assumption is that something of the essence of institutions, public or private, small or large, religious or not, can be distilled by crunching data and assembling lists with ordinal numbers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
Tenth is, 'first after the ninth, the ordinal of ten.'
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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