twenty-six

American  

[twen-tee-siks, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɪks, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.

2. a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 26 in number.

Example Sentences

Nineteen twenty-six was the year that everything changed for the Coleman children, especially for me.

From Literature

I read in the newspaper that the center of gravity is twenty-six feet from the bottom of Cleopatra’s Needle.

From Literature

“I’m twenty-six years old,” he says, “and I haven’t really understood what mortgage-backed securities really are.”

From Literature

According to the watch, he was down to twenty-six seconds.

From Literature

“The Bedford Park Fire Department, along with multiple Fire Department agencies from surrounding jurisdictions, transported twenty-six patients to area hospitals for treatment,” police said in a news release.

From Washington Times