seventy-eighth

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-eytth, -eyth] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈeɪtθ, -ˈeɪθ /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.

2. being one of 78 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-eighth part, especially of one (1/78).

2. the seventy-eighth member of a series.

Example Sentences

The seventy-eighth edition of the Whitney Biennial opened its doors, at the museum’s new downtown location, in mid-March and runs through June 11th.

From The New Yorker

On the day after the American election, which happened to be the seventy-eighth anniversary of Kristallnacht, a neo-Nazi group posted a map of Jewish businesses in Berlin, titled “Jews Among Us.”

From The New Yorker

This is how Turkey marked the seventy-eighth anniversary of the death of its founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

From The New Yorker

This past January, I flew back to Prairie View for my mother’s seventy-eighth birthday.

From The New Yorker

A concise retrospective—a sampler, really—of important works by David Hammons, at the Mnuchin Gallery, on East Seventy-eighth Street, is a big deal, as Hammons shows generally are.

From The New Yorker