twenty-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 29 or XXIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Muriel Spark’s protagonist—“she might be as young as twenty-nine or as old as thirty-six”—comes to us, at first, as a burlesque.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Finally twenty-nine Funny, just like you were at the time Thought it was a teenage dream, just a fantasy But was it yours or was it mine?
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2023
It stands just under four and a half inches tall and may be as much as twenty-nine thousand years old.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
"One hundred and twenty-nine goals - that is insane," Klopp said after the United thumping.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2023
I’ll buy time another way: Ask anyone over twenty-nine about their love life and you can stop the clock cold for fifteen minutes, minimum.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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