- 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
She was twenty-two years old and he was thirty-two.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
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
He remembered how proud he’d been when his father said, “Crowded sail, he did, and came from Paris in twenty-two days!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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