eighty-sixth
Americanadjective
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next after the eighty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 86.
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being one of 86 equal parts.
noun
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an eighty-sixth part, especially of one (1/86).
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the eighty-sixth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Then, in the eighty-sixth minute, Marcos Rojo scored on a first-time volley from a Gabriel Mercado cross to send Argentina to the next round and Nigeria out of the tournament.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2018
“Brilliant orange flames shot as high as the observatory on the eighty-sixth floor of the building” above Fifth Avenue as the gas tanks exploded, The Times reported.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2015
It was a few weeks after Windsor’s eighty-sixth birthday, and she was in an awfully good mood.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 26, 2015
On February 15, 1906, Anthony traveled to Washington, DC, for her eighty-sixth birthday celebration.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
For joe, the moment of epiphany came on the eighty-sixth floor of the new Empire State Building.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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