How to Use umpteenth in a Sentence
umpteenth
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This time last year, Tiger Woods shocked the golf world for the umpteenth time.
—Adam Woodard, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
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For the umpteenth time, Kanye pissed off the whole world in 2022 with his spree of antisemitic comments.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
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So instead of watching the same movie for the umpteenth time, help your kids find a new favorite.
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 17 July 2023
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Green, for the fourth time this year and for the umpteenth time of this dynasty, lost his cool in such a manner that removed him from the court.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
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Ready to rewatch Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2 (for the umpteenth time) after this news?
—Leah Campano, Seventeen, 5 June 2023
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Now, for the umpteenth time, businesses are ready to get serious.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 10 July 2023
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For the umpteenth time under Kenny Payne, there is nowhere for the Louisville men's basketball program to go but up.
—The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2024
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For the umpteenth time during a half-hour interview, Ivy moves his hand just a few inches to grasp his cellphone.
—Robert N. Jenkins, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Valeria Pototska rolls her eyes and tells her son no for the umpteenth time.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
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LeBron’s coattails to an umpteenth bought championship with the Lakers.
—Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2021
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With that mindset in the age of streaming, why bother to invest the time in new music from emerging artists when fans can listen to that oldie-but-goodie for the umpteenth time?
—David Chiu, Forbes, 1 July 2022
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The seemingly safer approach is the Bublé strategy: the umpteenth cover of a Christmas standard.
—Chris Molanphy, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
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By and large, the energy and emissions that come from streaming a whole season of Seinfeld for the umpteenth time are lower than purchasing that same season from Best Buy.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
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This might seem smart, building the umpteenth installment of a franchise around plot elements from an earlier highlight of that franchise.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 17 May 2023
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There are flashes of Wickian irreverence here and there, though setting a violent beatdown to an upbeat pop song loses its charm the umpteenth time around.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
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For the umpteenth time, a three-judge panel on Monday halted pipeline construction even though Congress and President Biden have stripped the court of jurisdiction.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 July 2023
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These are the forever things, the stuff that gets retold for the umpteenth time at family gatherings, celebrated at holidays.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
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In his own floor speech, Cornyn for the umpteenth time rejected suggestions that the bipartisan proposal infringes the rights of law-abiding citizens.
—Dallas News, 23 June 2022
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For the umpteenth time in the life of the social networking giant, Facebook is preparing to implement a top-to-bottom overhaul of its signature blue app in the face of a serious competitive threat.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 26 June 2022
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After the umpteenth attempt, with his mother smiling nearby, Cancela sighed after securing a passable knot.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
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The Biden Administration on Tuesday canceled tens of billions of more dollars in student debt on the sly by extending its payment and interest moratorium for the umpteenth time.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
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