twenties
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- noun
- /ˈtwɛntiˌz/
- Either in high school or college or my early twenties.
- early twenties
- late twenties
- now in their twenties
Examples
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I was in my twenties.
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DEDE, a secretary in her late twenties, is sitting at her desk, typing.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, a man in his twenties.
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You know, when I was a teenager, or even later, into my twenties, I used to plot it all out.
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He's a white male in his late twenties between 5' 10 and 6 feet.
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They were in their twenties.
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Phil's in his early twenties, with a lot of hair and a lot of teeth.
Fiction book (1990) -
The men on my crew were all in their twenties and purported not to believe the tales.
Fiction book (1995) -
Kathy Sheppard, a beautiful woman in her twenties, is standing against the wall, her eyes on him.
Fiction book (1992) -
When I look back at my twenties, I remember all the adventures I had with friends.
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Etymology
The word twenties comes from twenty, which is really two + ten and originally meant 'two tens'. So, the twenties are the years when someone is twenty to twenty-nine, ages 20 to 29.