forty-second
Americanadjective
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next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
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being one of 42 equal parts.
noun
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a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).
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the forty-second member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Politico later reported that it was Hannity’s seventh interview with the President, and Fox’s forty-second.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
One day in the summer of 2011, Christine Richard arrived at the forty-second floor of a high-rise on Fifty-seventh Street in Manhattan to visit a hedge fund called Pershing Square Capital Management.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017
On the forty-second floor, I found the entrance to an indoor pool bordered by a wall of windows.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2014
The biggest jump was Mick Lowe, who vaulted from a dismal 376 last issue to forty-second place this time around.
From Time Magazine Archive
At approximately the forty-second mark, Lady Constance Ashton appeared on the drive, making a beeline toward the POE.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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