Th
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Etymology
Origin of -th2
Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos
Origin of -th3
Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; see -eth 2
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Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
Th western parts of the country saw widespread flooding and damage to properties brought on by the hurricane.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Th Anne Arundel County Police Department said motorists should anticipate heavy delays in Annapolis and Kent Island for an extended period of time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
Th Israeli military did not confirm the death but said its troops came under attack overnight when two military vehicles stalled just outside the town of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2022
Th e next morning, Chiron moved me to cabin three.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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Which, he notes, is not the case with, say, "big thing" or "big thighs," both of which give your tongue the space to bridge that awkward transition from "-ig" to "-th."
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2011
The next evening we were relieved by the -th Brigade, and once again returned to rest billets.
From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey
Strength -th is a true word; fowl or fugel -l is no true word.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The ordinary termination of feminine singular nouns is -th, not -h.
From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson
The present singular, 3rd person, of the indicative, ends both in -es or -s, and -eth or -th, the former being the more usual.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Th. translates 'on the roaring sea,' but adds 'quite conjectural.'
From Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems by James Mercer Garnett
A few days later I started for Hog Harbour, for the plantation of the Messrs. Th., near which I meant to attend a great feast, or “sing-sing.”
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
For the time taken for its composition and the poet's anticipations of immortality see Th. xii.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
Puis Th. n'osa pas demurrer; mes dit qil ne fuit pas soun villein de soun manoire de C. Prest etc.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
V. A. Th. denotes a text in the Berlin Museum.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
A new nationwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
Chronic loneliness is a serious, growing public health concern, says Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a professor at the Harvard T.H.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
That’s a conservative estimate, as Atul Gawande of Harvard’s T.H.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
And Sidgwick has been far more successful than any other moral philosopher with the exception of T.H.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Klymochko noticed in th e 8-K filing External link by Taylor Morrison on Monday that the two companies signed a confidentiality agreement on May 27.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The disease is caused by repeated blows to the head and has bee nfound in th ebrains of dozens of former NFL players.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Gigi Hadid, 28, and her sister Bella Hadid, 27, two of the most famous fashion models in the world, were born in th U.S. and grew up in Southern California.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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