seventy-fourth
Americanadjective
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next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
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being one of 74 equal parts.
noun
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a seventy-fourth part, especially of one (1/74).
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the seventy-fourth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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He’s had a birthday concert at the club for the past six years; last year’s, his seventy-fourth, was a big to-do.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2014
Incredibly, it is Monteverdi’s last opera, The Coronation of Poppea, composed in 1642, his seventy-fourth and final year, that has gone down as one of the most radical dramas, never mind musical dramas, in history.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Her first, they said, had been on Aunt Bert’s seventy-fourth birthday.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Spassky finally moved, but resigned on the seventy-fourth move.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
He had been for some time in infirm health, and died at his residence, Great King Street, Edinburgh, on May 17, 1851, in his seventy-fourth year.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
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