On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
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Meryl Streep makes an eighth of what Justin Bieber does a year.
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She was a beanpole growing up, before gaining 30 pounds after getting her period in eighth grade.
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On the third circuit they make up just 17 percent of justices, and on the eighth circuit 18 percent.
Why Women Should Forget the White House|Keli Goff|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His ultimate career goal is unchanged as he nears the end of the eighth grade and prepares to begin high school.
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Whereat, Lem Saulsbury took the pledge—for the eighth time that year.
Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune
In the eighth place, the electors are balanced against the people in the choice of the President.
Congressional Government|Woodrow Wilson
Eighth—Dr. Manley, who attended him in his last sickness, and to whom Paine spoke his last words.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
We found the lake so surrounded by marshes that we could not get within an eighth of a mile of the waters.
The Religious Life of the Zui Child|(Mrs.) Tilly E. (Matilda Coxe Evans) Stevenson
For fear, then, you should fancy to burn the eighth, I'll wish you good-evening!
In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for eighth
eighth
/ (eɪtθ) /
adjective
(usually prenominal)
coming after the seventh and before the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eight: often written 8th
(as noun)the eighth in line
noun
one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
(as modifier)an eighth part
the fraction equal to one divided by eight (1/8)
another word for octave
adverb
Also: eighthlyafter the seventh person, position, event, etc