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twenty-eight

American  
[twen-tee-eyt, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈeɪt, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 28 or XXVIII.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 28 in number.

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

The title of it is, “Fellowship with God, being twenty eight Sermons on the First Epistle of John, Chap. 1st, and Chap. 2d, Verses 1, 2, 3.”

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

We shall have emitted twenty eight millions of dollars by the close of this year, exclusive of Provincial currency.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared

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