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third

[thurd] / θɜrd /
ADJECTIVE
after second
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SSAB’s production and shipments were somewhat higher on year, but it expects to see a seasonal slowdown in demand during the third quarter, and it will carry out planned maintenance across all steel divisions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Friday's contest will not be broadcast live and will instead feature as part of the third series of the Netflix documentary 'At Home with the Furys'.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

On Wednesday, hundreds remained camped at Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site as the CJP vowed to continue its campaign, which entered the third day.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

After receiving their third COVID-19 vaccination, participants took either six milligrams of spermidine or a placebo each day for 13 weeks.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

“I’m Charles Winston the third, and I’m not even related. They just had to have some kid to stick that name on.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Through the University of California's observing access, Keck confirmed two thirds of the newly discovered quasars, including the three most distant examples.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Any pullback in stock markets has major negative wealth effects, and because the U.S. is pretty much two thirds of the world’s stock market capitalization a “U.S.-led repricing could propagate globally.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Two thirds of all global venture capital goes to U.S. firms.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

She would have kept her eyes trained on Maxine’s plate, insisting she have seconds and then thirds.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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