third quarter

Three-fourths complete

Third quarter refers to the third of four equal divisions.

In business, it's the period from July through September in a calendar fiscal year: Third quarter earnings exceeded expectations.

In sports, it's the third period of play in games divided into four parts.

In lunar cycles, the third quarter moon shows its left half illuminated, occurring about three weeks after the new moon.

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revenue · report · financial · profit margin · moon · waning · crescent moon · lunar · phase · waning gibbous · crescent · gibbous · football · halftime · halftime show · two minute warning · game clock · scoreboard

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temporal sequence in quarters

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Moon half-visible, growing

Q1 · second quarter · fourth quarter · last quarter · beginning

lunar phase

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Moon half-visible, growing

new moon · full moon · waxing crescent · waxing gibbous

progress toward completion

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Moon half-visible, growing

homestretch · final stretch · starting point · conclusion · outset

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