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sixteenth

sik steenth

  • n  position 16 in a countable series of things
  • n  one part in sixteen equal parts
  • s  coming next after the fifteenth in position

  • Joyce, 15, Elysia, 14, and Alison, 14, at their friend's sixteenth birthday party, Arlington, Virginia.
  • Eight different groups of beneficiaries got one-sixteenth shares (about $150 million each): the Mormon church; William Lummis, a cousin in Houston; and a man named Melvin Dummar .
  • Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister of the interim government that will take over administrative power from the Coalition Provisional Authority on June 30, finished in sixteenth place.
News & Articles

  • Theory Level 2 - Yearlong
    (Ages 10-18) This course continues the study of the building blocks of Western classical music, with major scales and key signatures, intervals, chords in the major scales, eighth and sixteenth note rhythms, and simple forms found in Baroque and Classical pieces. Students will also hone their sightsinging and ear training skills. As soon as they are able, students begin to study musical scores ...
    June 30, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh
  • Arlington Park: Cozze Up Lady gets job done in Chicago Handicap
    ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It didn't work out the way trainer Bret Calhoun expected, but it worked out nonetheless for Cozze Up Lady, who bulled between horses past the three-sixteenths pole and won the Grade 3, $150,000 Chicago Handicap by three-quarters of a length.
    June 29, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
  • Gilligans Gourmet
    Did you know that the word "Dad" dates back to the sixteenth century, or possibly even earlier? It may have originated with the Welsh word "Tad" (meaning father), which later mutated to Dad. The word "Father" is derived from the Old English "Foeder."
    June 28, 2013 - Irish Central
Quotes

  • Bill Shoemaker in Forbes
    The finish line at Churchill Downs was a sixteenth of a mile farther toward the first turn than it was at other tracks in the country,Shoemaker wrote.
  • Kent Desormeaux in San Francisco Chronicle
    I just think this guy knows what he's doing, and I'm happy to be his pilot,Desormeaux said. "At the sixteenth pole, after knuckling on him with my elbows and whatnot for about 100 yards, I said, 'That's enough.' ...... So he went back to...

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