twenty-one
noun
twen·ty-one
ˌtwen-tē-ˈwən 
ˌtwən-
1
: a number that is one more than 20 see Table of Numbers
2
[translation of French vingt-et-un]
: blackjack sense 1
twenty-one
adjective
twenty-one
pronoun, plural in construction
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By the age twenty-one, 20% of autistic youths will have had a police encounter.
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Catherine Tan, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The physical Collector's Edition arrives twenty-one months after the game was released on PC and consoles.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Europe distinguishes itself with a focus on sustainability, allocating twenty-one percent of investments toward building a sustainable future, versus eleven percent in the U.S.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
To date, twenty-one generations of Raventós heirs have worked this 90-hectare terroir in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Catherine Tan, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The physical Collector's Edition arrives twenty-one months after the game was released on PC and consoles.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Europe distinguishes itself with a focus on sustainability, allocating twenty-one percent of investments toward building a sustainable future, versus eleven percent in the U.S.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
To date, twenty-one generations of Raventós heirs have worked this 90-hectare terroir in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Twenty-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twenty-one. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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