seventy-nine
a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 79 in number.
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How to use seventy-nine in a sentence
seventy-nine percent of liberals, 62 percent of moderates, and 45 percent of conservatives want government to combat inequality.
Hey Democrats! Ignore the Centrists, Americans Want You to Tackle Inequality | Jamelle Bouie | December 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTseventy-nine of these were 14 or younger when they were condemned.
Ex-Prisoners Say Life Term Is Cruel for Teens, As Case Hits High Court | Sandra McElwaine | March 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTseventy-nine percent of the women interviewed said they had been sexually abused as children by an average of four perpetrators.
On a division Mr. Shiel's motion was rejected by seventy-nine to eighteen.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan"seventy-nine and one are eighty," observed Cordelia, with a little frown.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
On a division it was rejected by a majority of two hundred and seventy-four against one hundred and seventy-nine.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThere were in all thirty-five batteries, with a total of one hundred and seventy-nine guns, all bearing upon the town.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.I counted the drafts aloud and had a long task, for they numbered seventy-nine.
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