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Recent Examples of twenty-two
Five years, eight egg retrievals, five transfers, one endometriosis diagnosis, twenty-two procedures under anesthesia, two abdominal surgeries, and four miscarriages.
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Tara Lipinski, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
In Incheon, K-pop luminaries were performing before an audience of twenty-two thousand.
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Back in May, a survey of battleground states conducted by the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Siena College showed Trump leading Biden by a whopping twenty-two points on who voters trust to do a better job with the economy.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Ivan is twenty-two, probably past his prodigy days where chess is concerned.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Tara Lipinski, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
In Incheon, K-pop luminaries were performing before an audience of twenty-two thousand.
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Back in May, a survey of battleground states conducted by the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Siena College showed Trump leading Biden by a whopping twenty-two points on who voters trust to do a better job with the economy.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Ivan is twenty-two, probably past his prodigy days where chess is concerned.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty-two
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For forty-five years, Tehran’s Shiite theocracy has heralded its political system as a model for all predominantly Muslim countries—and even beyond.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
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One hundred forty-five scores were eligible in the category.Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Eventually Claire is able to remove the second musket ball, and Lord John happily announces the news to William and Rachel, who are waiting in the parlor.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Nov. 2024
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The one fatality among the troops was a Union officer who was downed by a musket shot through the thigh, according to a Texas Historical Marker at the site.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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After three straight drives in the second half without a first down, the Packers reeled off three in a row to start their next drive but still didn’t score on it after a shotgun run to Jacobs was stuffed well short on fourth and 2 from Seattle’s 39-yard line.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The first Menendez brothers trial for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty resulted in a hung jury.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
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Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
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In addition to the HIMARS boost, the latest shipment includes unmanned aerial systems, counter-drone systems, high-speed anti-radiation missiles, armored and light tactical vehicles, as well as small arms munitions, training and services for Ukraine's Armed Forces.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The ammunition appears to be AD-LER (Anti-Drone Long Effective Range) rounds developed by Swedish small arms ammunition manufacturer Norma for counter-FPV use.David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, firearms were the leading cause of death among children in both 2020 and 2021, per data from KFF, a nonprofit that provides research about health care issues.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is scheduled for his next court appearance Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing on firearms charges in Pennsylvania.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Twenty-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twenty-two. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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