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Recent Examples of twenty
Luckily though, both Tony and I have been in longterm recovery since our twenties.
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Outside Online, 30 July 2025
The crowd ranged from what appeared to be late twenties to middle age, with a few children attending alongside their parents.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
The identity of the woman, who was in her twenties, has not been released.
—Mark Price
updated July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
All three defenders are established performers in their mid-to-late twenties, with experience of playing in European club competitions and involvement in big tournaments for their countries.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Outside Online, 30 July 2025
The crowd ranged from what appeared to be late twenties to middle age, with a few children attending alongside their parents.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
The identity of the woman, who was in her twenties, has not been released.
—Mark Price
updated July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
All three defenders are established performers in their mid-to-late twenties, with experience of playing in European club competitions and involvement in big tournaments for their countries.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty
Noun
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This is not something that people cared about as much in the fifties.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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As many as three-quarters of all teen-agers now wear braces at some point—up from thirty per cent in the eighties and five per cent in the fifties.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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For months, federal investigators have been examining how tens of millions of dollars has been distributed among Hartford nonprofits, some of which play a vital role across the city’s economically distressed north side.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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For generations, Social Security, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on August 14, has formed the bedrock of retirement income for tens of millions of Americans, and also pays out benefits to disabled people and survivors of deceased workers.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And no one wants to be reduced to a nameless fulfillment partner in someone else’s ecosystem.—
Jason Goldberg,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Like so many families, and not just Irish ones, United brought him closer to his relatives.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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All the twos and threes and ones converged among the skeletons, still avoiding eye contact.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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But in Chicago and other cities, there are quieter operations underway that raise similar legal questions as federal agents pick up people in ones, twos and threes.—
Vernal Coleman,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Facebook is already facing bipartisan lawsuits by dozens of states, including California, and hundreds of school districts across the U.S., accusing it of putting harmful and addictive social media products into the hands of children.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration has pursued a restrictive immigration policy that features the detention of undocumented immigrants at work sites and the revocation of Temporary Protected Status – a form of temporary legal status – for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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