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seventy-two
[ sev-uhn-tee-too ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
- amounting to 72 in number.
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Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
Seventy-two hours into his trip, and Breman had already stared the virus in the face.
Seventy-two percent are just fine with the Obama plan to end tax cuts for families earning more than $250,000.
Seventy-two percent of Republicans are certain they will vote in November, compared to 49 percent of Democrats.
Seventy-two thousand other people were squatting on her crammed farm.
Mr. Uville now wishes to have seventy-two instead of sixty as ordered before.
Out of the seven hundred and forty Federals engaged in the battle the loss was two hundred and seventy-two.
On a division it was lost by a majority of two hundred and eight against one hundred and seventy-two.
On a division the motion was rejected by three hundred and sixty-one against one hundred and seventy-two.
In most of these ships were seventy-two men-at-arms, who served thirteen weeks at their own cost and charge.
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