seventy-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 78 or LXXVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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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
“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
In comparison, the country taxed oil at seventy-eight percent.
From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2019
“Statistically speaking, a black woman living in the United States is most likely to die at the age of seventy-eight from heart disease.”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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