twenty-one
noun
twen·ty-one
ˌtwen-tē-ˈwən 
ˌtwən-
1
: a number that is one more than 20 see Table of Numbers
2
[translation of French vingt-et-un]
: blackjack sense 1
twenty-one
adjective
twenty-one
pronoun, plural in construction
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For early esophageal and lung cancers, sensitivity dropped to twelve and twenty-one per cent—levels that would severely limit clinical utility.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Effectively banished to France and forced to sell his commission, Burgoyne lived modestly with Charlotte on the Seine for seven years, growing vegetables, traveling the Continent, and making a living at whist and twenty-one.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Families also relied on unemployment and disability: nearly 40 percent of rural men Sherman interviewed between twenty-one and sixty-four were on disability, nearly twice the rate in the state.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
The National Portrait Gallery is one of twenty-one museums that the Smithsonian oversees along with research facilities, libraries, and the National Zoo.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 June 2025
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Effectively banished to France and forced to sell his commission, Burgoyne lived modestly with Charlotte on the Seine for seven years, growing vegetables, traveling the Continent, and making a living at whist and twenty-one.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Families also relied on unemployment and disability: nearly 40 percent of rural men Sherman interviewed between twenty-one and sixty-four were on disability, nearly twice the rate in the state.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
The National Portrait Gallery is one of twenty-one museums that the Smithsonian oversees along with research facilities, libraries, and the National Zoo.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 June 2025
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“Twenty-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twenty-one. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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