twenty

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Noun
  • The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Remember when farmers were forced to flush tens of thousands of gallons of milk down the drain in 2020?
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Like no one’s at fault here, right?
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • All one needs to do is scan through copies of the Baltimore Afro-American, the weekly Black newspaper of record at the time, to understand.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At five-on-five, Hughes made huge strides as a needle-mover, setting up shots and scoring chances for his teammates at a high level.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the policies are projected to have far-ranging effects on most areas of business, including a potential loss of hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers in sectors like information and educational and health services.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • According to the indictment, LaSota possessed a cache of weapons, including a sniper rifle, various handguns, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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