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 woman sitting at the Georgia O’Keeffe place setting, an art administrator celebrating her twenty-second birthday, gleefully downed hers in one mouthful and pronounced the texture “silky” and “delightfully greaseless.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2018
“I gave that pin to your mother on her twenty-second birthday,” he said.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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