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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 27 in number.

Example Sentences

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twenty-seven

That state bill refers to “law enforcement assisted diversion” twenty-seven times.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

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

I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022

“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

I’d probably wind up falling forty feet and breaking twenty-seven bones or something.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly