sixty-sixth
Americanadjective
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next after the sixty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 66.
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being one of 66 equal parts.
noun
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a sixty-sixth part, especially of one (1/66).
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the sixty-sixth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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On May 19, 1919, the Sixty-Sixth Congress was called into session.
From Literature
Some girls lived in apartments that he owned in a building on East Sixty-sixth Street.
From The New Yorker
British fans have had to apply for visas; one of Arsenal’s more experienced players, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who is from Armenia, will miss the match because there are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which is ranked a hundred and sixty-sixth on the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index—above Yemen, below Somalia.
From The New Yorker
Sweden effectively won the match in the sixty-sixth minute, with a shot by Emil Forsberg from the top of the area.
From The New Yorker
In the sixty-sixth minute, Chicharito found himself on the left edge of a three-man counterattack against two South Korean defenders.
From The New Yorker
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