seventy-four

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-fawr, -fohr] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.

2. a symbol for this number, as 74 or LXXIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 74 in number.

Example Sentences

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seventy-four

Those between eighteen and twenty-five are least likely to vote, while those sixty- five to seventy-four are most likely.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

“Seventy of seventy-four kids came back,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2020

The number 74,218,369 is written as seventy-four million, two hundred eighteen thousand, three hundred sixty-nine.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

But Boyan, who is now seventy-four, retired, and living in Burlington, Vermont, has made more donations than most—more than four thousand of them during the midterm elections alone.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 10, 2019

Of seventy-four police officers, just the chief and two sergeants lived here.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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