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[ twen-tee-furst, twuhn- ] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfɜrst, ˈtwʌn- /
adjectivenext after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21. being one of 21 equal parts. nouna twenty-first part, especially of one (1/21). the twenty-first member of a series. Words nearby twenty-firstTwenty20, twenty-eight, twenty-eighth, twenty-fifth, Twenty-fifth Amendment, twenty-first, Twenty-first Amendment, twenty-five, twentyfold, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twenty-firstEven the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado. Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Except in the twenty-first, the consequences may be more dire. We're Still Fighting the Opium Wars|William O’Connor|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Technology that stealthily decimates in the blink of an eye, that is what is what Israel needs in the Twenty-First Century. Israel Needs Better War Technology|Lloyd Green|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST A bar open at three in the afternoon makes you want to organize a parade for the Twenty-first Amendment. Surviving War Doesn’t Turn All Veterans into Victims, Sometimes it Helps Them Grow|David Morris|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Capital in the Twenty-First Century By Thomas Piketty ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas Piketty. This Week’s Hot Reads: April 21, 2014|Thomas Flynn|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST This will be found at length in the twenty-first volume of the Congressional Globe. Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 6 (of 20)|Charles Sumner They are dated the twentieth and twenty-first of November, 130. Roman Women|Alfred Brittain It will do as a twenty-first birthday present, as I have received no news re Lovat Fraser. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley|Thomas Hope Floyd To her natural hopefulness Giles's twenty-first birthday was far enough away to allow a great deal of good to come before it. A Pilgrim Maid|Marion Ames Taggart Why should a twenty-first description be any more successful? South America Observations and Impressions|James Bryce
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