thirty-ninth

[thur-tee-nahynth]

adjective

1. next after the thirty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 39.

2. being one of 39 equal parts.

noun

1. a thirty-ninth part, especially of one (1/39).

2. the thirty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

The two dueled for the first half of the game, but Bobby clearly had the advantage after that and he won on the thirty-ninth move.

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On April 7, Ellsberg’s thirty-ninth birthday, Carol Cummings called to tell him FBI agents had just come to her door.

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It's the thirty-ninth anniversary of the May 18th, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

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July 19th was a national holiday, the thirty-ninth anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, and Ortega wanted the barricades cleared.

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For an extended moment in the thirty-ninth minute, both Englands struggled to take control.

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