seventy-second

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.

2. being one of 72 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).

2. the seventy-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

He walked them uptown, left one at her apartment on Fourteenth Street and the other at the Plaza Hotel, and then walked home to his pregnant wife on Seventy-second Street.

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They all hopped off at Broadway and Seventy-Second Street.

From Literature

Gossip, for example, represented one seventy-second of a proof.

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When the BFG had consumed his seventy-second fried egg, Mr Tibbs sidled up to the Queen.

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I hop off at Seventy-Second Street and step out into a mess of people and taxis and strollers and noise.

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