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78's

  • plural
    of 78.
    78
    noun
    an early type of shellac-based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute.
78s
  • plural
    of 78.
    78
    noun
    an early type of shellac-based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute.

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For decades, he had chafed against the 78’s constraints, occasionally recording two- or four-sided works and in concert letting pieces unfold over dozens of minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Dancing the foxtrot to Katy Perry’s “Unconditionally” and a freestyle dance to District 78’s “Que Calor,” Gomez and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, got perfect scores to secure the top prize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Whitey Morgan & the 78’s The honky-tonk band performs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2015

We also have thousands of LP’s, mostly 78’s, and four or five old-fashioned phonographs to play them on, the old kind with the horn and the crank.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2011

In last week's third round Parks got a 73 while Thomson was taking 77, Sarazen and Krueger 78's.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 78s she left behind, she’s an intriguingly forceful presence—but remote, as if heard from the next room through a paper cup and string.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

What he found in the 78s that Juarez left behind was more than a record collection; they were miniature time capsules from a teenage world bound by friendship, community, and music.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

“It was illegal to own or play or sell the records, so people hid their 78s under their mattresses. And after the war, they began to emerge,” Sussman said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

The result of the lousy weather and the increased mileage on Woods’s creaky leg: back-to-back 78s over the weekend to wind up 47th, his worst finish in any Masters in which he made the cut.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

When he couldn’t find any of Rodgers’s records at a local store, he began hunting for them, knocking on local doors until a woman gave him a box that contained two of Rodgers’s 78s.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022