eighty-third

[ ey-tee-thurd ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈθɜrd /

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next after the eighty-second; being the ordinal number for 83.

being one of 83 equal parts.

an eighty-third part, especially of one (1/83).

the eighty-third member of a series.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.
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Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.
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Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The third problem is the evidence of corroborating witnesses.
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
On the third day after the declaration of his recall, Ripperda took his official leave, and presented his son in his new office.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter