thirty-seventh
Americanadjective
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next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
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being one of 37 equal parts.
noun
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a thirty-seventh part, especially of one (1/37).
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the thirty-seventh member of a series.
Example Sentences
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“This is the thirty-seventh time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation.”
From Literature
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Leaving the boys to run around in the stores with the security officer, we went to the thirty-seventh floor.
From The New Yorker
Morocco, ranked forty-first in the world, was the more lively team; Iran, ranked thirty-seventh, played a heavy-handed game, incurring fouls that served to halt play and disrupt Morocco’s flow.
From The New Yorker
I remember my first sight of Estée three years ago, when I went up to her office on the thirty-seventh floor of the General Motors Building to do a Tatler piece.
From MSNBC
Mrs. Able from the accounting firm on the thirty-seventh floor fell against me.
From Literature
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