fifth
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But in the fifth, the Dodgers handed the lead right back to the Braves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The stock was recently trading hands at $15.50, having lost more than a fifth of its value year to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Lanterns” delivered that primarily in its fifth episode, then fueled the rest with dramatic chemistry and punchy dialogue.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Dropping one rung to fifth, also with $8 million, was "Primetime," starring Robert Pattinson as reality TV host Chris Hansen.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Fischer and Tal met in the fifth round.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The study found such collisions killed between 15% and 29% of a group each year, and was the main cause of recorded hedgehog deaths, amounting to about two fifths of the total.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
Caucus members account for three fifths of the lower house and half of the senate seats.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2023
The song has easy rhythms, said Glass, but it’s more challenging to sing because of the wider vocal range and the way the melody line leaps by fifths and octaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
As mentioned above, Pythagorean tuning made sense in medieval times, when music was dominated by fifths.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
