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[twelfth] / twɛlfθ /
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twelve
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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

One of the largest nationwide anti-government protests took place on Thursday, the twelfth night of demonstrations.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Andrew remains eighth in line to the crown, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place respectively.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

They don’t even know Sunday from Tuesday or Friday or the twelfth of Never!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Groups of sportsmen discuss the prospects of to-morrow in detail, and tell stories of ancient twelfths, while chieftains from London, in full Highland dress, are painfully conscious of the whiteness of their legs.

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Ian Maclaren

But," added the abbé, with enthusiasm, "a loan of thirty or forty francs without interest, and reimbursable by twelfths, when work returns-for honest workmen, it is their safety, it is hope, it is life.

From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Eugène Sue

Divide the circle into sixths, then into twelfths.

From Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 by Hugo H. Miller

This pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed "points," and every type body consist of a given number of these points.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg




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