Definitions
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- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber forty-three , describing a person or thing in position number 43 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
forty-three equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
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Examples
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In contrast to the second President of the United States, George W. Bush, the forty-third President, clucked to journalist Robert Draper in 2008 that his post-White House plan was "to give some speeches, just to replenish the ol' coffers."
Bruce Fein: At the Edge of Self-Destruction Bruce Fein 2011
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"George W. Bush, forty-third president -- forty-third president to not kill bin Laden, that is."
Ken Blackwell: President Obama on Terror: an Uncertain Trumpet Ken Blackwell 2011
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He is also the brother of the forty-third president of the United States, George W. Bush.
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George W. Bush was going to be the forty-third president of the United States.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
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Albert Gore, Jr., needed just 2 percent of these “undervotes” to be converted into votes for him to become the forty-third president.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
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Since I don't have any sponsors, it's been slow going, but in April I logged my forty-third state -- South Carolina.
Stefan Beck: Excrabaganza: A Crab Quest on the Atlantic Coast 2010
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If this were Avatar's opening weekend, it would be the forty-third biggest opening weekend of all time (and it would likely remain 2010's top opening until May).
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Susanna had had it done just after her forty-third birthday, a few short months before she died.
One Season of Sunshine Julia London 2010
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On September 10, he hit his forty-third home run and drove in his one hundred and twenty-third run.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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Dozens of them are on their fifth, tenth, forty-third book, and find themselves unable to sell their latest because their numbers just aren't good---their publishers aren't making back their investment.
Archive 2010-04-26 Joe Konrath 2010
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