fifth
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The Green conference follows the party gaining hundreds of councillors earlier this year at England's local elections and its fifth MP, Hannah Spencer, in the Makerfield by-election.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia came fifth in 2023, killing 2.1 million people.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Their positioning is now in the bottom fifth of the range since 2024 and below neutral for the first time since April.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The incident was the fifth UKMTO-reported tanker strike or suspected strike in the strait since Sept. 28.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was on the morning of the fifth day that the admiral declared them safely across the North Sea.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
O'Shea said: "If you've got a situation where the Exchequer takes four fifths of what you're making, I'm not sure there's much more room for manoeuvre."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 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 ratio of the frequencies of all perfect fifths is 2:3.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
