I. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
possession is nine-tenths of the law
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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October is the tenth month.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tenth of people who drank such water are doomed to die, say doctors.
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It emitted less than a tenth as much radiation.
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Just a tenth of the cells of our bodies are human.
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No shareholder is allowed to own more than a tenth of the company.
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The cobalt abundance is usually about a tenth of the nickel concentration.
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The group plans to sell 20 acres, or about a tenth of the developable land, this year.