twenty-seventh
Americanadjective
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next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
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being one of 27 equal parts.
noun
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a twenty-seventh part, especially of one (1/27).
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the twenty-seventh member of a series.
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“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Peter Jacobsen, who’d tied for twenty-seventh at Kemper Lakes, found Payne later at a private reception for the winner of the Wanamaker Trophy.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 7, 2019
Productivity at Warsaw's Zeran Automobile Works is down to one twenty-seventh of the prevailing rate at U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In the advertising ranks, Bleiler shows up in tenth place, Tara Dakides holds the twenty-sixth spot with Janna Meyen right on her tail in twenty-seventh, and Jessica Dalpiaz holds on to fiftieth place.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“I kept my military Bible with me every day. My favorite was the twenty-seventh psalm. ‘
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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The most important characteristics of the gift are: introduction of diagonal line and triangular form; division into thirds, ninths, and twenty-sevenths; illustration of the inclined plane and cube-root.
From Froebel's Gifts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
In the Fifth Gift the child sees three and its multiples; in fractions, halves, quarters, eighths, thirds, ninths, and twenty-sevenths.
From Children's Rights A book of nursery logic by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Ye see, every day, the interest is a penny and twenty-six twenty-sevenths of a farthin.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
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