forty-fifth
Americanadjective
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next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.
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being one of 45 equal parts.
noun
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a forty-fifth part, especially of one (1/45).
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the forty-fifth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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In his career as a New York real-estate shyster and tabloid denizen, then as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Trump has been the most transparent of public figures.
From Salon
Skeptics include the forty-fifth President of the United States.
From The New Yorker
Like when we tried to throw her dad, Mr. Tanaka, a black-tie forty-fifth birthday party two years ago.
From Literature
Today, the forty-fifth President of the United States is making common cause with professional and amateur deceivers as he governs and leads his party via his Twitter feed.
From The New Yorker
Although he likes to portray himself as an outsider, a disrupter, and a tribune of the forgotten working class, the forty-fifth President is actually a sucker for the establishment.
From The New Yorker
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