twelve
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Since 2013, Roblox says it has paid out more than $5 billion to creators, including $1.7 billion over the past twelve months.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Sunday rescue workers in China recovered twelve bodies in the Nepal-Tibet border, using excavators, shovels and ground penetrating radar at the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The research effort began more than twelve years ago, when scientists repeatedly encountered frogs that clearly appeared to represent species that had never been formally described.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Overall, people are taking a rather pessimistic view of their financial situation over the next twelve months,” according to the survey’s authors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
After that, twelve pages escorted him to a richly decorated table with four settings.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
We need to think about the world in terms of twelves!
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
Six seeds are 86-50 against the elevens, fives are 89-47 against twelves, and once you get to fours vs. thirteens, you're in never gonna happen territory.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 18, 2019
Your teacher chants, “Twelve twelves, a hundred thirty-four.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2012
Norman Douglas divides his life into mystic twelves.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ve only run this weight five miles before, and it took me about an hour. That’s, like, twelves, and we’re doing ten thirties!”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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