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Definition of "twenty-two" []

  • The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22. (noun)
  • A .22 calibre pistol or rifle (noun)

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Use "twenty-two" in a sentence
  • "In 1967 twenty-two states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, had banned housing discrimination."
  • "Within weeks attorneys general from twenty-two states had signed on, and we submitted our brief to the U.S. Supreme Court."
  • "The plastic chairs lining the perimeter of the musty, airless room eventually fill as twenty-two girls and their two facilitators, one of whom is Elena Martínez, the parish receptionist, wander in."