twenty-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 28 or XXVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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After all, was he not a very rich man, still young, and in reasonably good health twenty-seven days out of every twenty-eight?
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The twenty-eight tons of coins were of immense value, and so, too, were the over one thousand rosewood logs that filled a large part of the trading vessel’s hold.
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Based on those measurements, JMA issued a new warning about twenty-eight minutes after the earthquake.
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Not surprisingly, though there were only twenty-eight rooms to let, the hotel always had at least a handful of vacancies.
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The law applied only to slaves over age twenty-eight, so Ona was exempt.
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