twelfth
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"Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the twelfth flight test of Starship!" the company wrote on X.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
The Patriots, who already boasted the most Super Bowl appearances with 11, will now have their twelfth showing on American football's biggest stage, and a chance to vie for a record seventh Lombardi trophy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Vanderpump left “Beverly Hills” some time ago, yet she still keeps a foot in “Vanderpump Rules,” even with the show overhauling its entire cast for its upcoming twelfth season.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
Between her eleventh and twelfth birthday, things changed.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
If there are two and a tenth waves or eleven twelfths of a wave of one note for every wave of another note, they don't fit together as well.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Divide the circle into sixths, then into twelfths.
From Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 by Miller, Hugo H.
Indeed, eleven twelfths of the members were either dependents of the court, or zealous Cavaliers from the country.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
These loans will be repaid monthly by sixths or twelfths, at the choice of the borrower, commencing from the day on which he finds employment.
From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène
The windlass cup is two and seven twelfths holes long, two thirds of a hole thick, and three quarters broad.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
