seventy-second
next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
being one of 72 equal parts.
a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).
the seventy-second member of a series.
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How to use seventy-second in a sentence
He was sent to military headquarters, and then he was assigned to the seventy-second Illinois Infantry.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteThese were the last words of this great man, who expired calmly a few hours subsequently, in the seventy-second year of his age.
At the seventy-second street station of the subway Britz bade his companions good night.
The Substitute Prisoner | Max MarcinThere they were—the six men of the One Hundred and seventy-second—three of them lying stiff and stark on benches, utterly drunk.
A Soldier of the Legion | Edward MorlaeHe died on the 29th of June, 1858, in the seventy-second year of his age.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3 | John Charles Dent
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