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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The drama is anchored by the voting itself—the elaborate formalities with which the cardinal electors, of whom (in real life) there are a hundred and twenty-one, cast their ballots, requiring a two-thirds vote to yield a winner.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
His signature legislative accomplishment slashed the top corporate tax rate from thirty-five per cent to twenty-one per cent and reduced the top individual-income-tax rate.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
But hydrogen occasionally releases light with a wavelength of twenty-one centimetres—radio waves.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
The kitchen can produce more than ten thousand dumplings a day; the xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, are assembled by hand and must weigh precisely twenty-one grams, with each wrapper bearing no fewer than eighteen folds.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
His signature legislative accomplishment slashed the top corporate tax rate from thirty-five per cent to twenty-one per cent and reduced the top individual-income-tax rate.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
But hydrogen occasionally releases light with a wavelength of twenty-one centimetres—radio waves.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
The kitchen can produce more than ten thousand dumplings a day; the xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, are assembled by hand and must weigh precisely twenty-one grams, with each wrapper bearing no fewer than eighteen folds.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Twenty-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twenty-one. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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