seventy-second
Americanadjective
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next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
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being one of 72 equal parts.
noun
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a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).
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the seventy-second member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Which of the following took place at the seventy-second annual Tony Awards?
From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018
“We are so happy to be here hosting the seventy-second, and final, Golden Globe Awards,” Poehler said.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2015
Gossip, for example, represented one seventy-second of a proof.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
When the BFG had consumed his seventy-second fried egg, Mr Tibbs sidled up to the Queen.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
The seventy-second Canon of the Church of England still provides that no unlicensed person shall "cast out any devil or devils" under pain of penalties prescribed.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
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