Sentence examples for a twelfth from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a twelfth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one part of something that is divided into twelve equal parts, often in mathematical or fractional contexts.
Example: "If you divide the cake into twelve equal slices, each person will get a twelfth of the cake."
Alternatives: "one twelfth" or "1/12".

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And then a twelfth!

But wait, that's only a twelfth of a lesson.

A twelfth man was transferred to immigration officials earlier this month.

He wasn't thrown onto the national stage until he was practically a twelfth grader.

Garl, a twelfth grader from Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, chimed in.

The British banking industry described the changes, secured after lobbying, as a "Twelfth Night present".

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After ninety minutes, the candidates resembled weary boxers in a twelfth-round clinch.

(His name is that of a twelfth-century order of knights).

The library was lodged on the west side of a twelfth-century castle in Wales.

(Unless that's a twelfth-century B.C.E. thong?) And they do pop out.

The ruins of a twelfth-century bishop's palace, including a majestic rose window, loom at the end of my street.

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