twenty-five
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
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a symbol for this number, as 25 or XXV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Many investors received allocations far lower than their demand with the top twenty-five accounts reportedly accounting for 65% of the deal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He writes that Stephen Girard “spent twenty-five years as the richest man in the nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“He’s got twenty-five kids and about twenty million records out,” Lennon pointed out.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
One thing I can say with certainty: over twenty-five years I've seen different Putins.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
“It was only as if one sailor had met a brother sailor, after twenty-five years’ absence,” Adams joked, “and had accosted him, how fare you, Jack?”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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