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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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 22 in number.

Example Sentences

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twenty-two

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

A widow at the age of twenty-two, she was penniless, hopeless, and powerless before the law.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021

Blood tests confirmed good health; he also had a weight gain of twenty-two pounds.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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