twenty-two

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Recent Examples of twenty-two This was also a golden period for Citadel Securities, which in 2022 was valued at twenty-two billion dollars, and is now likely worth much more. Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Keisha Veneta, mom of six children ages nine to twenty-two and founder of a wellness company from Douglasville, Georgia, credits breastfeeding all six of her children as one of the top reasons why her children rarely get sick. Yolande Clark-Jackson, Parents, 23 May 2026 While that wall was going up, Congress passed a supplemental doubling this armed apparatus to twenty-two thousand agents, without a serious hearing on when those agents may take an American life. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 In solidarity with the resignation of the entire 2026 Venice Biennale voting jury, fifty-four individual artists and twenty-two teams affiliated with national pavilions have now withdrawn from consideration for the Visitors’ Lion awards. News Desk, Artforum, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for twenty-two
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Noun
  • Time your visit for the weekend, when rangers bring history alive with booming musket and cannon demonstrations.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • One such prize, the Nancy, was transporting 2,000 muskets, 30 tons of musket balls and a massive 15-inch brass mortar – supplies the American army desperately needed for the war effort.
    Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Riding shotgun with him will be Scheffler, who finally got on track by making three straight birdies, shooting 32 on the back nine and at least keeping alive hope of a career Grand Slam.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • The 28-year-old quarterback has dedicated much of the offseason to tweaking his footwork — putting his left foot in front of his right from the shotgun, against traditional NFL form — to fit Los Angeles’ new offensive coordinator’s scheme.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.
    Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
    Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At least three states — Hawaii, Ohio and North Dakota — treat a smoothbore musket the same as an AK-47 or AR-15.
    Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Ottomans deployed field artillery and Janissary infantry armed with matchlocks in a defensive formation called tabur jangi, in which carts and wagons were used to build barricades on the battlefield.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The birth of ‘gunpowder warfare’ can be traced back to the 15th century and the invention of the matchlock gun, the first mechanical firing device.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.
    Fox News, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • To put that in perspective, when Beretta started making arquebus barrels, Michelangelo was still working in Rome.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Twenty-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty-two. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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