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seventy-nine

American  
[sev-uhn-tee-nahyn] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈnaɪn /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

  1. amounting to 79 in number.

Example Sentences

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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

Last year, Jason won, two hundred and seventy-nine to two hundred and thirty-nine.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 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

“I’m the guy who saved the Starship Enterprise for seventy-nine weeks and ended up kissing James Spader on a patio.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2018

Tutu was seventy-nine years old, a barrel-chested man with bright eyes and an irrepressible laugh.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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