twenty

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Recent Examples of twenty Lionel drifts through Europe in his twenties and thirties, building a new life of profound success and happiness, and experiencing new loves. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 May 2025 Toward my early twenties the idea of having a normal 9 to 5 life was really not me, and then the travel bug just took over. Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 This included factors such as the percentage of job listings intended for recent graduates, the median income for young people with a college degree, the availability of leisure and coworking spaces, and the unemployment rate for people in their twenties. Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 7 June 2025 Double To 50% Why Young Adults Are More Vulnerable Today Several factors make the twenties particularly hazardous years for young Americans. Charell G. Coleman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for twenty
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Noun
  • His overseas average in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and England comes to just under 26 with two fifties in 11 Tests.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Carol Sutton Lewis: In the late fifties, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission were finding new information about a radioactive isotope called Strontium 90.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Of course, Microsoft and Google are also spending tens of billions of dollars in cap ex to build out their AI infrastructure.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • An assessment of tens of thousands of adults in nearly thirty countries showed an over-all decade-long drop in test scores for math and for reading comprehension.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • But MacDonough found that provision also out of order, as well as one that would have prevented undocumented migrants from receiving assistance under the program.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 23 June 2025
  • In other words, day one was largely the success many Tesla pundits expected, given the restrictions Musk put in place to ensure safety, but one that nonetheless leaves room for improvement even before the service expands to more users.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • And then the, the like twos, like the little numbers above, like the, exponential thing is like survivalism and ability to be vulnerable.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 7 May 2025
  • Their effective field-goal percentage, a metric that accounts for threes being worth more than twos, never has been 50% against Minnesota.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Landgraf has already spent hundreds of dollars on tariffs for dresses that brides had ordered before Trump took office.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 June 2025
  • On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the state funerals of top military commanders, nuclear scientists, and women and children killed in Israeli attacks.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2025

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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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