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  • n  the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
  • n  a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21
  • s  being one more than twenty

  • Calling for less regulation twenty-one times just this year.
  • Calling for less regulation twenty-one times just this year.
  • Calling for less regulation twenty-one times just this year.
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    Twenty-one completed their senior years with 4.0 grade averages. Eighty percent participated in some form of athletics. The diplomas represent a first step, a passport into the "world of arts and letters," said Thomas H. McMorran , head of school and assistant superintendent for the Region 9 school district, which includes the towns of Redding and Easton.
    June 23, 2013 - The News-Times
  • Twenty-one first time offenders placed in probation program
    Twenty-one first time offenders were placed in Carbon County's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) probation program on Thursday. If a person successfully completes all conditions of the program their record is wiped clean.
    June 22, 2013 - Times News
  • Spring Raiders receive academic recognition
    Twenty-one Central Lakes College student-athletes received Minnesota College Athletic Conference academic recognition in their respective 2013 spring sports. Athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.
    June 22, 2013 - Brainerd Dispatch
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in guardian.co.uk
    After twenty-one months and three debates, Senator McCain still has not been able to tell the American people a single major thing he'd do differently from George Bush when it comes to the economy,Obama said.
  • Mark Twain in Newstreamz San Marcos
    This past November the American people sent a resounding signal to Washington, DC, and the world. We want change. We want this war to end. And how did Bush respond? Twenty-one thousand, five hundred more will risk their lives for his misguided war.... Tim Robbins http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Robbins&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEC3UvLZ4iHilO12pGKEWYDw4G-mg Forbes http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/01/27/ap3368427.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEw6tmRFnl69uf32X2pOn2_CBQS3A Jan 27, 2007 102826 136502 twenty-one We agree with Mark Twain when he said, When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years."

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