twenty-twos

variants or .22s
plural of twenty-two

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty-twos
Noun
  • Producer and colleague Monika Evstatieva and I were in that convoy, took small arms fire, but were unharmed.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Alkhatib warned that Hamas may try to retain small arms to exert control over pockets of Gaza and seek to influence any technocratic governing structure meant to reconstruct the enclave and pave the way for self-governance.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here, in the middle of British New York, and before that Dutch New Amsterdam, is where muskets were fired and the empire had its very last outpost in 1783, after the war ended.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some of them waged it, encamping with the armies, cooking, cleaning, and nursing, and, in a few exceptional cases, grabbing muskets themselves.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to the Fogo Cruzado (Crossfire) Institute, which tracks gun violence in Brazil, more than half of the firearms injuries recorded in September 2025 came from police operations.
    Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The White House says the task force has yielded 1,300 arrests related to outstanding warrants, drugs and firearms.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Twenty-twos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty-twos. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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