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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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
“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
In 1976, an Air Force SR-71 pilot bailed out at seventy-nine thousand feet.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018
A hundred thousand government employees have been fired, and a hundred and seventy-nine television stations, newspapers, and other media outlets have been closed.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017
He was seventy-nine and trapped inside a decaying body.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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