twenty-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 27 or XXVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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He has been on federal death row for twenty-seven years.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024
Memphis, Light, Gas and Water said it had repaired twenty-seven broken water mains since Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
The SPI’s Los Angeles chapter said last month it was “proud to accept the Community Hero Award for our twenty-seven years of service to the LGBTQIA2S community.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
“A constitutional referendum every twenty-seven years,” he writes, “would mean that every generation of adults would live under a fundamental law that it had affirmed in its sovereign role.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
It would postpone her running away only twenty-seven cents worth.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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