seventy-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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It has been seventy-two hours since the snow felland we are in the process of thawing out.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
“One hundred seventy-two homes were destroyed, and 86. A chunk of Highway 2 as well.”
From Slate • May 28, 2022
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two people died of Covid.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022
“Just like I can’t go to a steak house and order a filet mignon unless I know it’s grass-fed and grass-finished, I can’t order a Cab without thinking about seventy-two different toxins.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019
Without saying much, the manager paid him six hundred yuan, or about seventy-two dollars.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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