seven-seven

7-7 or 7/7

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noun

the 7th of July 2005, the day on which a series of suicide bombings were carried out on the London public transport system by Islamic fundamentalists

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

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Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

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Word Origin for seven-seven

C21: by analogy with nine-eleven

Words nearby seven-seven

sevenpenny, sevens, Seven Sages, seven seas, seven-segment display, seven-seven, Seven Sleepers, seven-spot, seventeen, seventeenth, Seventeenth Amendment

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The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
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The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
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Since the age of six or seven, Wendy Roome knew something was terribly wrong about her.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
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Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
In 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.
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At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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