How to Use fifth in a Sentence
fifth
noun
- The bill is due on the fifth of each month.
- She donated a fifth of her income to charity.
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Oakland took the lead in the third and widened it in the fifth.
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Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Lancers added a run in the fourth and put up five in the fifth to break open the game.
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Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2024
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Wakeland added three more runs in the fifth for a 10-4 lead.
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Greg Riddle,
Dallas News,
3 June 2023
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The goal was Pec’s fifth of the season, the assist Joveljic’s third.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2024
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Eloy Jiménez led off the third with a homer and Zavala homered again in the fifth.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2023
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Banks have the largest weight in the index and make up nearly a fifth of the 50 stocks.
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Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2024
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Gonzalez got the last out of the fourth but gave up three runs in the fifth.
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Mike Digiovanna,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2023
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But around a fifth of traders think a rate cut could come in March 2024.
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Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
27 June 2023
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The first three strikeouts came in the third inning, and Cole pitched to Cedric Mullins in the fifth.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2024
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Jung’s second home run capped the Rangers’ five-run fifth.
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Nick Piecoro,
The Arizona Republic,
3 May 2023
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Trailing 3-0, Spanish Fort erupted for five runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead.
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Ben Thomas | [email protected],
al,
12 May 2023
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Snell got through the rest of the 35-pitch fourth but was replaced by righthander Randy Rodriguez in the fifth.
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Joseph Dycus,
The Mercury News,
27 May 2024
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Jonathan India hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth to put the Reds back ahead.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2023
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As much as a fifth of the population died along the way.
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Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Tanner Smith led off the fourth with a homer and Shade added a solo shot in the fifth to make it 4-1.
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oregonlive,
23 Apr. 2023
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One man could take up a fifth of the team’s budget in the not-too-distant future.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
30 May 2024
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In Africa and South Asia a fifth of women with partners are abused each year.
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The Economist,
13 Mar. 2021
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Scott cruised through the first four innings before giving up a run in the fifth.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2024
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These have choked off Iran's oil experts by four-fifths.
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Sam Kiley,
CNN,
11 July 2019
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The team made two errors in the second inning and another in the fifth.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2023
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Four were found in an upstairs area, Deputy Chief Jackson said, and a fifth was found in a bay.
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Joe Barrett,
WSJ,
16 Feb. 2019
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Ether shed over a fifth of its value before paring some of the slide to change hands at $2,342.
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Suvashree Ghosh,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2024
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Three-fifths of each chamber must agree for the special session to be held.
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Aric Chokey,
sun-sentinel.com,
22 Aug. 2019
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Though only a fifth of them lived, the ones that survived have flourished.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Mar. 2024
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That amounted to a little less than a fifth of their total.
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Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2024
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The All-Star catcher drove in another run with a double in the fifth.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2024
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Honeywell and Smith were returning to the dugout after retiring the New York Mets in the fifth.
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
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Djokovic was aiming for his 100th tour-level title and his fifth in Shanghai.
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Associated Press,
TIME,
13 Oct. 2024
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