twenty-six
26
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- numeral
- /ˈtwɛnti sɪks/
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veintiséis
- There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- twenty-six percent
- twenty-six hundred
- twenty-six years
Examples
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Their students were experienced university English teachers, selected by competitive examination from twenty-six universities all over China.
Academic text (1999) -
Minority students in the school system represent twenty-six percent with a projected 37% for the year 1988.
Academic text (1990) -
By now, though, at age twenty-six, he was tired of being a "good boy."
Fiction book (2000) -
I have found the area large enough for a class of twenty-six elementary students.
Academic text (1994) -
Twenty-six miles north of here is the Camp Gallant settlement.
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Nellie laughed after I told her I loved her, and we were twenty-six and twenty-seven.
Fiction book (1997) -
I first met the novelist Noah Danzig roughly twenty-six years ago through the New York Times.
Fiction book (1990) -
Knight taught instrumental and choral music for twenty-six years before joining the staff of SPEBSQSA.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm twenty-six years old, and I can't even remember the name of the girl I was such good friends with, I wouldn't get involved with her boyfriend.
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The team scored twenty-six points in the final match.
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Etymology
Twenty-six comes from the parts twenty ('two tens') and six ('6'). So, it is simply 'two tens plus six', which makes the number 26.