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seventy-eight

American  
[sev-uhn-tee-eyt] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈeɪt /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 78 or LXXVIII.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 78 in number.

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Three hundred seventy-eight days later, the Huskies have a chance to right that wrong, when they take on the Sun Devils at 7:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2023

Overall, it receives between sixty-three and seventy-eight inches of rain every year.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

“One hundred seventy-eight thousand other Californians just joined the fastest growing club in the state — unemployed Californians screwed by the EDD,” Wilk said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2021

Nineteen seventy-eight would turn out to be a crucial year for San Francisco’s identity.

From The Guardian Jan. 5, 2020

“I am still number seventy-eight on the permanent hire list,” he said.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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