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Examples of nth in a Sentence
exaggerates to the nth degree about everything she ever did
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Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady made N.F.L. history on Sunday for the nth time in his career.
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Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
While from the outside peering in, press office culture tries to control professional players’ outward profile to the nth degree.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
And the curation of those clothes has been pored over to the nth degree.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2022
Over time, this intention develops into a habit, or better yet, a wisdom ritual of nth order decision making, resulting in a compounding reduction of bad outcomes and increase of good ones.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
For this outing, this reporter is inclined to say Ghesquière rather than reflect on today's tumultuous zeitgeist simply delivered fashion the nth degree.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
Built using Mercedes' new EVA2 platform for EVs, the EQE is obviously related to the EQS; the two cars look similar, having been optimized to the nth degree by the wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2022
The nth sequel in the sprawling MCU is expected to bring in anywhere from $145 million to $155 million over the weekend, with some estimates reaching as high as $170 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 July 2022
Yet her romance with Ben Affleck — or, more to the point, the way it was covered — actually marked a change in the culture, a ratcheting up of gossip mania to the nth power.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 June 2022
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Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
While from the outside peering in, press office culture tries to control professional players’ outward profile to the nth degree.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
And the curation of those clothes has been pored over to the nth degree.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2022
Over time, this intention develops into a habit, or better yet, a wisdom ritual of nth order decision making, resulting in a compounding reduction of bad outcomes and increase of good ones.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
For this outing, this reporter is inclined to say Ghesquière rather than reflect on today's tumultuous zeitgeist simply delivered fashion the nth degree.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
Built using Mercedes' new EVA2 platform for EVs, the EQE is obviously related to the EQS; the two cars look similar, having been optimized to the nth degree by the wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2022
The nth sequel in the sprawling MCU is expected to bring in anywhere from $145 million to $155 million over the weekend, with some estimates reaching as high as $170 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 July 2022
Yet her romance with Ben Affleck — or, more to the point, the way it was covered — actually marked a change in the culture, a ratcheting up of gossip mania to the nth power.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 June 2022
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Word History
Etymology
n (indefinite number) + -th
First Known Use
1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Nth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nth. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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nth
adjective1
: numbered with an unspecified or indefinitely large ordinal number
for the nth time
2
: utmost sense 2, extreme
to the nth degree
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