twenty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 23 or XXIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Two thousand twenty-three also brought utter devastation when a rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco in September, damaging thousands of villages in the mountains south of Marrakech and killing nearly 3,000 people.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The twenty-three countries that comprise the two oil cartels account for roughly 40% of the globe’s daily oil production.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Mr Putin's been in power for twenty-three years.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2023
One hundred twenty-three of the species in the update were species that the algorithm had made predictions about.
From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022
Lyra noticed his hawk daemon shifting from foot to foot and spreading her wings as the Stefanski money and the promise of twenty-three men were laid before John Faa.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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