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twenty-eight
[ twen-tee-eyt, twuhn- ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- a symbol for this number, as 28 or XXVIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
- amounting to 28 in number.
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Example Sentences
Not surprisingly, though there were only twenty-eight rooms to let, the hotel always had at least a handful of vacancies.
From Literature
The law applied only to slaves over age twenty-eight, so Ona was exempt.
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She ground her teeth, and a headache punched her temples as she messed up the charts for the twenty-eight lunar mansions in the Chinese constellation system.
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And returned the next day with twenty-eight friends.
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With a collective ruffle of fabric, the twenty-eight Witchlings pulled out their crystal amulets, which hung from black cords around their necks, and held them in front of their faces.
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