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How to pronounce twenties in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms 1920s
Type of decade, decennary, decennium
Type Words
Synonyms mid-twenties
Type of time of life

Examples of twenties

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She lived there basically until we got married when she was in her mid-twenties.
From the theatlantic.com
I did panto for five years and in my twenties I began to take classes of my own.
From the independent.co.uk
I'm bound to see more of my friends having children now that I'm in my twenties.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Wierd to note in my twenties when desperate the offers were few and far between.
From the guardian.co.uk
He had a daughter in his early twenties, but drifted in and out of her life too.
From the ocregister.com
The most popular American athlete of the twenties was baseball player Babe Ruth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Williams spent her twenties as a jobbing actress and found work hard to come by.
From the metro.co.uk
If people have deep lines and scar tissue in their twenties, then I'm all for it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
When my husband and I were in our late twenties we decided to start our family.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
  • The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
  • Twenty dollar bill: a United States bill worth 20 dollars
  • (twenties) the time of life between 20 and 30
  • (twenties) the decade from 1920 to 1929
  • 20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. A group of twenty units may also be referred to as a score.
  • Twenty is the eighth studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd released in 1997. The title of the album is due to the memory of the plane crash in which killed the original singer and the guitarist. The name "Twenty" refers to 20 years ago when the accident happened.
  • Twenty is a blues album by Robert Cray. It was released on 24 May 2005, through Sanctuary Records.
  • The Twenty is the mixture of advertisements, commercials for television shows, movie trailers, and theater chain branding that has become commonplace in American movie theaters. ...