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[ twen-tee-siks, twuhn- ] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɪks, ˈtwʌn- /
nouna cardinal number, 20 plus 6. a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 26 in number. Words nearby twenty-sixtwenty-second, Twenty-second Amendment, twenty-seven, twenty-seventh, Twenty-seventh Amendment, twenty-six, twenty-six counties, twenty-sixer, twenty-sixth, Twenty-sixth Amendment, twenty-third Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twenty-sixToday, there are only about 30,000 remaining, as they have disappeared from twenty-six countries. Heed the Warnings: Why We’re on the Brink of Mass Extinction|Sean B. Carroll|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Twenty-six years later, Su Meck is still learning about the family she raised and the husband she has no recollection of marrying. The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Sept. 22-28, 2014|John Boot|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST The place is twenty-six miles north on blacktop, another three and a half over gravel. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Twenty-six nations have joined the search, which has involved 60 ships and 50 aircraft. Australia Spots Two Objects in the Hunt for MH370|Lennox Samuels|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a matter of fact knowing you has been the brightest point in an already bright twenty-six years…. JFK Letter: ‘War Is a Dirty Business’|John F. Kennedy|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Theres twenty-six of them, which makes one for you, and one for us, and two dozen for the market. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle We have been excessively crowded on board: twenty-six officers. Campaign of the Indus|T.W.E. Holdsworth He hoisted his flag in the former, which earned twenty-six guns and one hundred and twenty men. Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith In 1783, being then twenty-six years old, she conceived a child; her pregnancy was to the pair a solemn joy. Seraphita|Honore de Balzac We had marched this day, as I judged, about twenty-six miles. Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 2 [of 2]|Mungo Park
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