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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That state bill refers to “law enforcement assisted diversion” twenty-seven times.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
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
I suppose if I had been watching it more closely, I could have pulled it out at, what, the twenty-seven second mark?
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022
“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
We have twenty-seven new ones, he told me.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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