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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Fire-roasted meats are a highlight; the “DINOSAUR,” a generous, tender chunk of beef on a hulking bone with a delightfully sticky crust, which costs seventy-nine dollars, easily feeds two.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 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
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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