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twenty-seven

American  
[twen-tee-sev-uhn, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɛv ən, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 27 or XXVII.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 27 in number.

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Memphis, Light, Gas and Water said it had repaired twenty-seven broken water mains since Saturday.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2024

The SPI’s Los Angeles chapter said last month it was “proud to accept the Community Hero Award for our twenty-seven years of service to the LGBTQIA2S community.”

From Washington Times Jun. 12, 2023

“A constitutional referendum every twenty-seven years,” he writes, “would mean that every generation of adults would live under a fundamental law that it had affirmed in its sovereign role.”

From Washington Post Sep. 23, 2022

After twenty-seven years of trying to live a perfect life, I failed.

From Salon Nov. 28, 2021

He had a fake name, no legal training, and his key piece of evidence was a list of twenty-seven different sandwiches.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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