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twenty-eight

[ twen-tee-eyt, twuhn- ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 28 or XXVIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 28 in number.

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Example Sentences

Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.

One hundred and twenty eight years ago today, New Yorkers gathered as one for a city-wide party.

Twenty-eight men have reached the mark in the history of American professional baseball.

Twenty eight years of puzzle construction brings with it some highlights.

I help advise Omer, a twenty-eight year old journalist, in his doctoral studies at Rotterdam University.

The souls of the natives ministered to in the said bishopric of Cagayan amount to one hundred and twenty-eight thousand.

We left Rio Janeiro in the morning, and proceeded in a steamer as far as the port of Sampajo, a distance of twenty-eight miles.

Her color had risen with the memory of yesterday's grievance, pushed aside by curiosity for some twenty-eight hours.

The price is high, varying from twelve to twenty-eight dollars per crate; and is paid in ten monthly installments.

On the reverse side are twenty-eight columns with more than 2500 lines of inscription.

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