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Recent Examples of twenty
Less salubrious was Mahler-Werfel’s own political evolution in the twenties and thirties.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott was concerned about this weekend’s forecast, which calls for up to three inches of snow on Sunday followed by a cold snap on Monday that will keep high temperatures in the low twenties.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
The women, who are all in their twenties, received salaries far exceeding those of employees with more experience, and often accompanied Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and the company's senior executives of trips abroad.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Although guardianships have traditionally attracted people in their twenties, increasing numbers of thirty-somethings are signing up, said Sievers.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott was concerned about this weekend’s forecast, which calls for up to three inches of snow on Sunday followed by a cold snap on Monday that will keep high temperatures in the low twenties.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
The women, who are all in their twenties, received salaries far exceeding those of employees with more experience, and often accompanied Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and the company's senior executives of trips abroad.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Although guardianships have traditionally attracted people in their twenties, increasing numbers of thirty-somethings are signing up, said Sievers.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty
Noun
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The people that sit around me are mainly blokes in their fifties and sixties.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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My grandparents started with basset hounds in the fifties, and from there my parents have bred multiple different breeds.—
Savannah White,
Glamour,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Globally, the superhero sequel, which cost $180 million to make and tens of millions more to market, has earned $341.8 million.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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These simple fees have been earning it tens of millions of dollars a week.—
Axios,
Axios,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The building was evacuated following the fire, and no one was harmed.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
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After years in obscure so-so movies playing Chopin and Byron, and in some respectable Merchant Ivory ones, the surprise star of last year's Four Weddings and a Funeral and this year's Nine Months and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain has lately been having a bad life.—
Candace Bushnell,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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The Clippers made a habit of hitting tough shots from tricky angles, going 8-for-11 on non-paint twos in the first half (the league average on those shots: 40.9%).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Trump is also calling for widespread firings of federal workers, which could cause hundreds of thousands of job losses and potentially lift the unemployment rate.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Trump is also calling for widespread layoffs of federal workers, which could cause hundreds of thousands of job losses and potentially lift the unemployment rate.—
Christopher Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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