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Recent Examples of twenty
The suspects, possibly males in their teens or twenties, were reportedly seen fleeing northbound on Semillon Boulevard.
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Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The Governor, a paraplegic who has used a wheelchair since an accident in his twenties, was sitting toward the back of the audience, in a dark suit.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Francis had part of his lung removed in his twenties due to an infection, and he was briefly hospitalized for a case of bronchitis in 2023.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
In her early twenties, Kelly became one of the most famous actresses in the world—and arguably the 20th century.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The Governor, a paraplegic who has used a wheelchair since an accident in his twenties, was sitting toward the back of the audience, in a dark suit.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Francis had part of his lung removed in his twenties due to an infection, and he was briefly hospitalized for a case of bronchitis in 2023.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
In her early twenties, Kelly became one of the most famous actresses in the world—and arguably the 20th century.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty
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The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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No peace or strength One lie that Trump has chosen to assail Canada is that the country is a kingpin in the fentanyl trade that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year.—
Andreas Kluth,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Analyzing: Detecting anomalous and malicious activity in potentially tens of thousands of flows per second requires the capacity to analyze a large volume of data and apply policies to identify active threat actors or misconfigurations.—
Martin Roesch,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Kim measures loudness via a descriptive scale, shifting the seemingly objective audiogram from an individualizing register into a personal one.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Margie is the one that came up with a lot of what makes Maker’s Mark, well, Maker’s Mark.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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Disturbed’s Trio of Top Five Smashes The group even manages a trio of top fives on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, a tally which Disturbed has not only come to know well throughout the years, but dominates with some frequency.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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Matches between tribes were often very large and could consist of hundreds, or even thousands of players.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The passengers were among hundreds of migrants apprehended at sea in recent months, a scenario that federal authorities expect to become more common as the Trump administration tightens land borders across the Southwest.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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