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At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

Brush the top of each tortilla with a little oil, dividing them into two stacks and then cutting through each stack so the tortillas have been sliced into sixths.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2019

The Rosas, continued Koegel, “fit well on a historical continuum of musical performance style. Popular duetos typically sing at melodic intervals of parallel thirds and sixths, in primera y segunda voces.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2019

The Marlins lost their sixths traight and ninth in the last 10.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2019

All chords will tend towards pure fifths and thirds, as well as seconds, fourths, sixths, and sevenths that reflect the harmonic series.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones