seventy-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Another record, for women age seventy-five to seventy-nine, which she set during the 2008 New York City Marathon, still stands.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 30, 2019
Senator Bernie Sanders is oldest at seventy-nine and based on what we know right now is in good health.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 15, 2019
At seventy-nine, she has lived with cancer for thirteen years and has exhausted all available treatment options.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Bogdanovich, now seventy-nine, a master director who has survived his own reversals and tragedies, recalls his Welles period with a certain bittersweet nostalgia.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2018
He was seventy-nine and trapped inside a decaying body.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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