twenty-sixth
Americanadjective
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next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
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being one of 26 equal parts.
noun
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twenty-sixths
plural
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a twenty-sixth part, especially of one (1/26).
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the twenty-sixth member of a series.
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The day of the meeting arrived, and we were led into Trump’s office, on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower, by his personal assistant, an elegant woman named Norma Foerderer.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2019
His corporate offices are on the twenty-sixth floor.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2016
The Juneau shipping news noted the Infanta’s presence nearby on the twenty-sixth of June.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
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
If she gave me a penny on January first and kept doubling it, on January twenty-sixth she would give me $335,544.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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