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American
-th
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American
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Th.
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abbreviation
T.H.
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abbreviation
-th
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British
suffix
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(from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence
growth
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(from adjectives) indicating a quality
width
-th
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suffix
Th
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symbol
th
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abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of -th2
Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos
Origin of -th3
Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; see -eth 2
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Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
Th M23's advance has resulted in tens of thousands being forced from their homes - adding to the the nearly seven million who have fled because of multiple conflicts in the east.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
Th DJ's father was murdered before he was born, but he has a strong bond with his mother and younger brothers - and is driven to succeed.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
Th critically acclaimed and popular series “The Bear” debuted its first season last June, but it was too late for the 2022 Emmy Awards.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Th e sound of the chenda mushroomed over the temple, accentuating the silence of the encompassing night.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Which, he notes, is not the case with, say, "big thing" or "big thighs," both of which give your tongue the space to bridge that awkward transition from "-ig" to "-th."
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2011
The ordinary termination of feminine singular nouns is -th, not -h.
From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson
The present singular, 3rd person, of the indicative, ends both in -es or -s, and -eth or -th, the former being the more usual.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
The next evening we were relieved by the -th Brigade, and once again returned to rest billets.
From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey
Strength -th is a true word; fowl or fugel -l is no true word.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
These sentences, which should be read in the light of the context, will be found in Goethe's Dichtung und Wahrheit, Th. iii.
From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
Owing to the good treatment of their hands the Messrs. Th. have always had enough labourers, and have been able to develop their plantation wonderfully.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
Puis Th. n'osa pas demurrer; mes dit qil ne fuit pas soun villein de soun manoire de C. Prest etc.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
V. A. Th. denotes a text in the Berlin Museum.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Besides the cultivation of their plantation the Messrs. Th. plied a flourishing trade in coprah and sandalwood all along the west coast of Santo, which they visited frequently in their cutter.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
“The best outbreak investigation we have contradicts the message we have of close, prolonged contact,” says Joseph Allen, a professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard T.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Exhaled breath samples were collected daily using the Gesundheit II machine, invented by Milton and colleagues at Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026
She holds a master in public health degree Harvard University's T.H.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
Next year he became pathologist to the Haslar hospital, where T.H.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
A surge in the Japanese currency sent th 10-year Treasury soaring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The disease is caused by repeated blows to the head and has bee nfound in th ebrains of dozens of former NFL players.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Gigi Hadid, 28, and her sister Bella Hadid, 27, two of the most famous fashion models in the world, were born in th U.S. and grew up in Southern California.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
“You got to wait a little bit,” Zannikos said to a pride of elegant women who had spent the morning at the Whitney Museum of American Art, across Madison Avenue at 75 th Street.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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