twelfth

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The Patriots, who already boasted the most Super Bowl appearances with 11, will now have their twelfth showing on American football's biggest stage, and a chance to vie for a record seventh Lombardi trophy.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

The maqāma genre emerged in the late tenth century and became especially popular from the twelfth century onward.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

The default position would be that only one twelfth of last year's budget would be released each calendar month - without the increases due from the Treasury.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

The biggest-selling song by a Brit was Myles Smith's folk-pop stomper Stargazing, which came twelfth.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

The most up-to-date version available was a Latin translation made in the twelfth century by Gerard of Cremona, which was translated from an Arabic text which had itself been translated from the Greek long before.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin