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  • a variation of .22.

twenty-two

American  
[twen-tee-too, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈtu, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 2.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 22 or XXII.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

  4. .22.


adjective

  1. amounting to 22 in number.

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“By then,” Mr. Sullivan writes, “he had been dead for twenty-two years.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

“However, taking twenty-two and twenty-three minutes to transition from a non-emergency activity — like eating a meal, writing a report, or using the restroom — to respond to a priority-one gunshot call is unacceptable.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2024

She was twenty-two years old and he was thirty-two.

From Scientific American Nov. 9, 2023

In the UK, twenty-two per cent of the country's tree cover is outside forests, and for Ireland, the amount is just shy of twenty percent.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

Darwin was then twenty-two years old, the son and grandson of prominent physicians.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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