twenty-six
[twen-tee-siks, twuhn-]
- a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
- a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
Show More
- amounting to 26 in number.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for twenty-six
Contemporary Examples
Today, there are only about 30,000 remaining, as they have disappeared from twenty-six countries.
Twenty-six years later, Su Meck is still learning about the family she raised and the husband she has no recollection of marrying.
The place is twenty-six miles north on blacktop, another three and a half over gravel.
Twenty-six nations have joined the search, which has involved 60 ships and 50 aircraft.
As a matter of fact knowing you has been the brightest point in an already bright twenty-six years….
Historical Examples
He wrote, in this year, twenty-six letters in support of the scheme.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
Therefore, deducting this amount, equal to twenty-six per cent.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
She fell into a life of vice and poverty, and died at the age of twenty-six.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
His skin still preserved the softness of his twenty-six years.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
I shall not allow her to marry until she is twenty-six, says the fond parent.
The Fifth StringJohn Philip Sousa