seventy-six

[ sev-uhn-tee-siks ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɪks /

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a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.

a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.

a set of this many persons or things.

amounting to 76 in number.

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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
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It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
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I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
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Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.
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I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
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About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
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The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
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It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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