thirty-eighth
Americanadjective
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next after the thirty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 38.
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being one of 38 equal parts.
noun
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a thirty-eighth part, especially of one (1/38).
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the thirty-eighth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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On July 12, 1933, his thirty-eighth birthday, they put the final touches on Dymaxion Car #1.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
In 2020, Virginia voted to ratify the amendment, becoming the thirty-eighth state to do so.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
A few folk have been getting carried away, human nature being what it is, but Carlo Ancelotti will know that the Spurs game was literally only a thirty-eighth of the league season.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2020
“I think I would still be inside if not for Parole Prep. This would’ve been my thirty-eighth year.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
But her mother worried that they were too close to the thirty-eighth parallel that separated North and South Korea.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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