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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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
In the twenty-second sketch, she introduced the idea that the walkway could sometimes be flanked by a pair of huge L.E.D. screens that would be lowered on either side of it.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016
It was at Juilliard that he developed his alter ego, P. D. Q. Bach, the illegitimate twenty-second son of J. S. Bach.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2015
The next morning, a Monday, was their twenty-second morning in Gutshot, and indubitably the worst.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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