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  • a variation of .22.

twenty-two

American  
[twen-tee-too, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈtu, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 2.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 22 or XXII.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

  4. .22.


adjective

  1. amounting to 22 in number.

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“By then,” Mr. Sullivan writes, “he had been dead for twenty-two years.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Shepherd concluded that “executions have a deterrent effect in only twenty-two percent of states. In contrast, executions induce additional murders in forty-eight percent of states.”

From Slate Jan. 16, 2026

In the UK, twenty-two per cent of the country's tree cover is outside forests, and for Ireland, the amount is just shy of twenty percent.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

One hundred twenty-two legislators attended Thursday’s session and cast their paper ballots into a wooden box in Parliament’s assembly hall.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 2022

In all, she had to cover a distance of twenty-two feet, but after two twelve-hour days the farthest she’d made it was nine.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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