twenty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“The Bedford Park Fire Department, along with multiple Fire Department agencies from surrounding jurisdictions, transported twenty-six patients to area hospitals for treatment,” police said in a news release.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2023
After Kublai’s appointed successor and grandson died in 1307, seven emperors reigned over the next twenty-six years.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
“I need twenty-six more outfits for her!” he said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023
Naval Academy, labels its text “the twenty-six words that created the internet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2020
Unaware that the meteor and everything in it would have been vaporized on impact, he wasted a fortune, and the next twenty-six years, cutting tunnels that yielded nothing.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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