Definitions
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- noun The number after
twenty-one and beforetwenty-three . Represented in Arabic digits as 22. - noun A .22 calibre
pistol orrifle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being two more than twenty
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
- noun a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
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Examples
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In 1967 twenty-two states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, had banned housing discrimination.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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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.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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In 1967 twenty-two states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, had banned housing discrimination.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Testifying before a congressional committee in 1916 on the moral content of his films, Laemmle reported that he had sent a survey to twenty-two thousand theater owners titled “What Do You Want?”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Within weeks attorneys general from twenty-two states had signed on, and we submitted our brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Within weeks attorneys general from twenty-two states had signed on, and we submitted our brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Within weeks attorneys general from twenty-two states had signed on, and we submitted our brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In 1967 twenty-two states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, had banned housing discrimination.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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At this point I had written twenty-two hefty checks to the James Gang, and others to Harry Teague.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A few days later, the Swiss learned that the Thais had retrieved a computer containing twenty-two thousand files, which they copied onto a CD and sent to Switzerland.
Fallout Catherine Collins 2011
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