thirty-ninth
Americanadjective
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next after the thirty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 39.
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being one of 39 equal parts.
noun
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a thirty-ninth part, especially of one (1/39).
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the thirty-ninth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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For an extended moment in the thirty-ninth minute, both Englands struggled to take control.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2018
The other figure is Jimmy Carter, our thirty-ninth president.
From Salon • May 26, 2013
It was Tuesday, May 19, 1964—my thirty-ninth birthday— when I arrived in Algiers.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
On April 7, Ellsberg’s thirty-ninth birthday, Carol Cummings called to tell him FBI agents had just come to her door.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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