twenty-eighth

[twen-tee-eytth, -eyth, twuhn-]

adjective

1. next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.

2. being one of 28 equal parts.

noun

1. a twenty-eighth part, especially of one (1/28).

2. the twenty-eighth member of a series.

Example Sentences

Frank Powers flew to an American air base at Peshawar, Pakistan, the jumping-off point for his twenty-eighth overflight.

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The last president to grow up in a slaveholding household was Woodrow Wilson, who became the twenty-eighth president in 1913.

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“There are,” whispered Robert, “Didn’t you know this was the twenty-eighth of August?”

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To Charles he said gruffly: “Your license is suspended pending resolution and have Mr. Winter here on the twenty-eighth.”

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She started reading: “‘On September twenty-eighth, Poppy Lopez went to Mrs. Garcia’s office and told her that she thought she saw someone taking a baseball bat to her car.

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