twenty-one

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The capsule bounced in the waves for twenty-one minutes, until the navy destroyer Noa picked him up.

From Literature

Just twenty-one years after World War I ended, World War II erupted, killing four times as many people.

From Literature

One hundred twenty-one of the 594 athletes on the American team — more than one in five — are from the state.

From Los Angeles Times

And by twenty-one, he had taken control of all the property and people he had inherited from his father.

From Literature

“If you’re coming and you’re over twenty-one, my question is, ‘why now?’” he explained, referring to the legal buying age in Florida.

From Seattle Times