seventy-five

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-fahyv] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈfaɪv /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 75 or LXXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. Military.

   1. a gun with a 75-millimeter caliber.

   2. the field gun of that caliber used in the French and U.S. armies in World War I.

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adjective

1. amounting to 75 in number.

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seventy-five

"As an older female, Shanidar Z would have been a repository of knowledge for her group, and here we are seventy-five thousand years later, learning from her still," Pomeroy said.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

Even half-gone, plants outweigh us seventy-five hundred to one.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 7, 2023

Indeed, the outsize share of death now caused by an infectious disease could threaten a reversal of the gains we've made in public health over the last seventy-five years.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022

“It was unfair to give me 12 months during a global pandemic to use my voucher. Four hundred, seventy-five dollars, down the drain for nothing in return,” Ms. Kelly said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

I asked once, suddenly suspecting that he had lost our joint seventy-five cents during the night.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles