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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The Department of Human Services court filing Monday said Favre “possibly recorded a single twenty-second radio advertisement” for that $1.1 million.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
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
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
Harris, noting that the show is set in the twenty-second century, improvised his own line: “Really? Holla? That line is, like, a hundred and fifty years old.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
Tuesday evening, October 15 What a way to spend my twenty-second birthday!
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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