twenty-five
[twen-tee-fahyv, twuhn-]
- a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
- a symbol for this number, as 25 or XXV.
- a set of this many persons or things.
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- amounting to 25 in number.
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Examples from the Web for twenty-five
Contemporary Examples
Twenty-five more for-profits are on well on their way to doing the same thing.
Twenty-five years ago, Democrats faced the same challenges in reverse.
He was twenty-five and in peak physical condition when he went in, but a flabby thirty when he came out.
She looks at you and then points to a rickety wooden boat about twenty-five meters from where you stand.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Twenty-five years ago, people thought Dustin Diamond was cute.
'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk AnymoreKevin Fallon
August 11, 2014
Historical Examples
It was a short distance to the trees—twenty-five to forty yards, perhaps.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
Major Vernier, of Pulaski's legion, and twenty-five men, were killed.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
It is like this: You have fifty thousand men and I have twenty-five thousand.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
It does not depend upon the twenty-five slave votes in Congress.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Two years and a half in the war, but it's twenty-five years in fact.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler