twenty-second
Americanadjective
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next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
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being one of 22 equal parts.
noun
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a twenty-second part, especially of one (1/22).
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the twenty-second member of a series.
Example Sentences
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With “Long Long Road,” his twenty-second studio album, Ringo Starr has settled into one of his career’s finest grooves.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
December marked the twenty-second consecutive month that casinos reported at least $1 billion in winnings, which is an unprecedented stretch, Lawton said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023
Branson's July 11 mission will be the twenty-second flight test for VSS Unity, and the company's fourth crewed spaceflight, Virgin said.
From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2021
The twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second parts of “Purgatorio,” a thirty-nine-part work, from 2015-17, that follows the progress of Dante and Virgil.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
The El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz/Malcolm X stamp is the twenty-second in the Black Heritage Series, which was inaugurated in 1978.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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