third
adjective
next after the second; being the ordinal number for three.
thirds
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pluralof third.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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About two thirds were classified as "individual" events.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Two thirds of the population in North America and 45 percent in Europe were exposed to "poor" or "very poor" air quality.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
That should improve as lagged contracts decline from two thirds of sales to one third from January 2027, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Borrowing, the gap between what the government spends and what it takes in tax receipts, was £1.8bn in July, two thirds higher than the same month last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Investigators at the Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University found two thirds of 150 cases of uterine cancer studied by them gave evidence of abnormally high estrogen levels.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
