seventy-six

[ sev-uhn-tee-siks ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
2. a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 76 in number.

Example Sentences

He remained with the Midland until 1897, when he retired on superannuation at the age of seventy-six.

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This year no less than seventy-six slave-ships have sailed, without reckoning the smugglers in that line.

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The distance, which amounts to seventy-six miles, occupies about twelve or thirteen hours.

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The division on the amendment gave seventy-six peers for the second reading, and only thirteen against it.

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On a division the second reading was carried by a majority of three hundred and twenty-three against one hundred and seventy-six.

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