Example Sentences

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The number twos - those who make the stars shine that little bit brighter.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

And the role of the number twos could be key in the remaining races as their teams battle for advantage in the championship.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

So many of you had stories about number twos, some of you in actual airspace.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2014

The number twos were generally larger and softer than the ones.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013

To unravel the thing explicitly—the manner in which we impose upon ourselves is this:—As explanatory of the perceptive process, we construe to our minds two number twos, and one of these we call No. 1.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various