twenty-eighth
Americanadjective
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next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.
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being one of 28 equal parts.
noun
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a twenty-eighth part, especially of one (1/28).
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the twenty-eighth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Amaya handed me a piece of paper listing “solutions” he’d come up with, including a twenty-eighth amendment, calling for a doubling of the size of Congress with citizens drafted by lottery from every congressional district.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019
His law firm, on the twenty-eighth floor of a Seattle office building, has filed hundreds of lawsuits against many of the largest food producers in the world.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015
From later down in the piece: One evening last March, this small-town icon was in a Milledgeville, Georgia, bar to celebrate his twenty-eighth birthday.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2011
The U. S. was the twenty-eighth and last nation finally to sign the new agreement.
From Time Magazine Archive
“There are,” whispered Robert, “Didn’t you know this was the twenty-eighth of August?”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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