fifth

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It also placed a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that serves as a critical shipping route through which a fifth of the world's energy shipments usually transits.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

As a result, elevated oil prices reflect more than just the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck, which usually handles a fifth of global oil supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Trivariate didn’t say what payout ratio served as the cutoff for the bottom fifth.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto puts in another strong effort to lead the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays for their fifth straight win.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

And then one of the schools made him repeat fifth grade, which was embarrassing because he didn’t need to repeat, but they insisted he hadn’t completed enough days to advance to sixth grade.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman