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twenty-first

American  
[twen-tee-furst, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfɜrst, ˈtwʌn- /

adjective

  1. next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.

  2. being one of 21 equal parts.


noun

  1. a twenty-first part, especially of one (1/21).

  2. the twenty-first member of a series.

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"This Government's changes will bring weddings law into the twenty-first century."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

And so he gives us what he calls “a twenty-first century version of ‘The Conscience of a Conservative.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Which brings us to "Look Up," his twenty-first studio album and easily his finest record in decades.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

At half past six on the twenty-first of June 1922, when Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov was escorted through the gates of the Kremlin onto Red Square, it was glorious and cool.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

They took a stand as stewards of the land, supporting each other’s struggles into the twenty-first century.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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