thirty-fourth
Americanadjective
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next after the thirty-third; being the ordinal number for 34.
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being one of 34 equal parts.
noun
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a thirty-fourth part, especially of one (1/34).
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the thirty-fourth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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In the thirty-fourth minute of Thursday’s game against Peru, the perpetually criticized Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba nimbly stole the ball from Peru’s captain, Paolo Guerrero.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
Farrell said, when I met him, in a sun-drenched suite on the thirty-fourth floor of the Marriott in downtown Manhattan.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2018
Of the hundred largest counties, San Francisco came in thirty-fourth.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 25, 2016
Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland who retires next year, became the decisive thirty-fourth voice in the Senate on Wednesday.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2015
Bogert flattened his black hair down with both hands, “That was the thirty-fourth RB model we’ve turned out, Lanning. All the others were strictly orthodox.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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