forty-first
Americanadjective
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next after the fortieth; being the ordinal number for 41.
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being one of 41 equal parts.
noun
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a forty-first part, especially of one (1/41).
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the forty-first member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Bush and Gore, of course, were the two candidates: George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and son of the forty-first president, challenging the incumbent vice president, Al Gore.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2015
Meacham writes: “‘The joy is in Texas,’ the forty-first president told reporters, ‘but our hearts are in Florida.’
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2015
“I bounce better than most fifty-two-year-olds,” Gary Stevens, the oldest jockey competing in the hundred and forty-first Kentucky Derby, on Saturday, says.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2015
Five days before voters go to the polls to determine the outcome of the Senate, President Barack Obama was in the forty-first most populated state wading into a contentious three-way race for governor.
From Time ● Oct. 30, 2014
When the game was adjourned on the forty-first move, Fischer’s powerful position was irresistible.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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