- a variation of .22.
twenty-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 22 or XXII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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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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