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

“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

At times, when a dubious or complex combination was played, or when the diminutive American Reshevsky took one hour and ten minutes on one move, twenty-two hundred eyebrows seemed to rise in unison.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady