twenty-one

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“There’s a keypad by the entryway. The code is twenty-one ST.”

From Literature

Sue and Bruce were both young—Sue was twenty-one years old and Bruce was twenty-two.

From Literature

“We’ve no neighbors; the next nearest house is a good twenty-one miles away. It’s a long way yet,” said Frank Aureate.

From Literature

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.

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