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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The next day, officials reversed themselves and said that they’d made an error: the actual number was a hundred twenty eight.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2014
The second issue to consider is that all twenty eight participants had normal vaginal flora.
From Scientific American • Feb. 25, 2012
One hundred and twenty eight men entered the singles competition at the 2011 United States Open, and all but one–Novak Djokovic–leave New York as a loser.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2011
A few of the choicest robes sold at $20 each, and the remainder, a lot of twenty eight, of prime quality and in excellent condition, were purchased by the Hudson’s Bay Fur Company for $350.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple
To this combination England opposed a total number of two hundred and twenty eight ships of all classes, of which about one hundred and fifty were of the line.
From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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