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The phrase "a third cup" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the quantity of cups, typically in the context of beverages like coffee or tea.
Example: "After finishing my second cup of coffee, I decided to pour myself a third cup to help me stay awake."
Alternatives: "the third cup" or "one more cup".
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Allow the water to come to a boil one more time, and add a third cup of water.
When all have eaten and recited grace, a third cup of wine is poured to express thanksgiving to God.
A popular cartoon showed him in a bar ordering a third cup of coffee and removing a sign saying, "Everyone just two cups".
On the day the I.E.D. exploded under the Humvee, she had not completed the left side of the protecting muscle twitches, choosing a third cup of coffee instead.
"Eigensinn is a word that doesn't translate very well into English," Enzensberger explains while finishing off a third cup of coffee in his flat overlooking Munich's English Gardens.
It was a third Cup win for jockey Damien Oliver, a replacement for Nash Rawiller who was sacked after Fiorente's fourth in the Turnbull Stakes.
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