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third

[thurd] / θɜrd /
ADJECTIVE
after second
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This includes 30 trillion won in cash dividends for the third quarter, as well as share buybacks and cancellations.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

A third defendant, Albert Ho, pleaded guilty at the start of the trial, and all three face prison terms of up to 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

This idea became more widespread on Aug. 2, when the Dodgers acquired ace lefthander Tarik Skubal to contribute to the team’s quest for a third strait World Series title.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

About a third of autistic people have intellectual disabilities.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The third hour we made only one mile.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Kim needed at least two thirds of the 1,000 delegates attending the labor federation’s Oakland convention.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

A neutral weighting on the U.S. in a global equity fund is around two thirds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Travel Association found that 91% of visitors were glad they’d made the trip, and nearly two thirds returned home with a more favorable opinion of America.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Under The Progression Model, a new measure introduced in the act, those serving standard determinate sentences with an automatic release point of two thirds will now have an earliest possible release date of one half.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

He’d used an artist’s technique called “the golden mean” to divide the picture into imaginary thirds both vertically and horizontally, like a tic-tac-toe board.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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