plural twenties
1
: a number equal to two times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
twenties plural
: the numbers 20 to 29
specifically
: the years 20 to 29 in a lifetime or century
3
: a 20-dollar bill
twenty
adjective
twenty
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of twenty in a Sentence
Tomorrow the temperature will be in the low twenties.
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Rai was born in 1942, and began his career as a photojournalist in his twenties, at the Hindustan Times, an English-language broadsheet.
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Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
But the best story of all was Maryanne, and watching this delightful goofball evolve into a cutthroat champion was truly thrilling, lifting Survivor 42 into the mid-twenties.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Five-to-twenty-fold increases in per-developer consumption are now documented in agentic mode, and no public benchmark shows a matching multiplier on output value.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Single’s Inferno in particular showcases a cast of women and men mostly in their early twenties on a deserted island, their poreless skin glowing as a breeze blows through their windswept hair.
—Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
But the best story of all was Maryanne, and watching this delightful goofball evolve into a cutthroat champion was truly thrilling, lifting Survivor 42 into the mid-twenties.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Five-to-twenty-fold increases in per-developer consumption are now documented in agentic mode, and no public benchmark shows a matching multiplier on output value.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Single’s Inferno in particular showcases a cast of women and men mostly in their early twenties on a deserted island, their poreless skin glowing as a breeze blows through their windswept hair.
—Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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“Twenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twenty. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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