seventies
- plural of seventy.
Example Sentences
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"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Brian Cox is best known as the media mogul Logan Roy in the TV series Succession – a role he won in his seventies after decades in the business.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Sure, but consider why today isn’t like the seventies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Yoko: “I think it’ll be a quiet, peaceful seventies, hopefully, you know.”
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
If the number was accurate, one out of every forty-five people in the town in the late seventies had reached millionaire status.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
