twenty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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There were six hundred and fifty seats up for grabs, and an outright majority would therefore be three hundred and twenty six: a fantasy figure, allegedly, far beyond the grasp of any single bloc.
From The New Yorker • May 8, 2015
Perhaps the longest single rock album ever, Wizard's 'International Feel' side runs over twenty six minutes, while the sweetly searingly Rundgren-esque verso sings for almost half an hour.
From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2013
In the great human creations, in the twelve notes of the musical scale, in the twenty six letters of the alphabet, these fantastic structural inventions have unlocked the enormous creativity of literature and music.
From Forbes • Sep. 5, 2011
"Three hundred and twenty six thousand servicemen and women died in World War II so that we wouldn't have Nazi salutes on the streets of Britain."
From BBC • May 14, 2010
At age twenty six I was older than most of the other pilots myself.
From The Biography of a Rabbit by Benson, Roy, Jr.
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