forty-eighth
Americanadjective
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next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
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being one of 48 equal parts.
noun
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a forty-eighth part, especially of one (1/48).
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the forty-eighth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Indiana is ranked forty-eighth in the nation for public-health spending.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019
Thus every strong and able-bodied Frenchman became liable for military service from his twentieth to his forty-eighth year.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward
The Cohasset crossed the path of the Orient mail-packets, the great circle sailers, and they entered their last stretch of Pacific sailing, above the forty-eighth parallel.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
His death, which took place in Pomerania on his forty-eighth birthday, 7th of September 1709, is said to have been hastened by the disastrous news of the battle of Poltava.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
He fulfilled his promise on October 15th, 1693, and warned her of her death on her forty-eighth birthday.
From Real Ghost Stories by Stead, Estelle W.
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