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fifth position

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noun

Ballet.

  1. a position similar to the first position, but with one foot in front, the heel and toe of the front foot adjacent to the toe and heel of the back foot.

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But she produced the goods in her second run of two, scoring 86.50 to qualify in fifth position.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

But it slipped to a fifth position this year, partly due to the upcoming court case, the journalist association's Finnish branch said.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2022

His TT career included a seventh-place finish in the 2006 Senior TT and a career-best fifth position in the 2008 Lightweight TT.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

Red Bull Bragantino is in fifth position in the Brazilian championship with 33 points after 21 matches.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Cleopatra has for its fifth letter a P, and in the Cleopatra cartouche in the fifth position is the same square.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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