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[ noun ] the time of life between 20 and 30

Synonyms

mid-twenties

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

Prokofieff 's Classical_Symphony was hailed as an ingenious work from a naturally gifted and well trained musician still in his twenties .

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

The company grew out of efforts by two completely inexperienced men in their late twenties , neither having a formal education applicable to , or experience in , manufacturing or selling our type of articles .

Related terms

time_of_life adulthood

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[ noun ] the decade from 1920 to 1929

Synonyms

1920s

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

The Percussive Twenties ( SP 44006 ) stirs pleasant memories with well-known songs of that day , and Johnny_Keating 's Kombo gives_forth with tingling jazz in Percussive_Moods ( SP 44005 ) .

Related terms

decade

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