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seventy-six

[sev-uh n-tee-siks]
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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.
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adjective
  1. amounting to 76 in number.
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Examples from the Web for seventy-six

Historical Examples

  • We gave Dick twenty, I took seventy-six, and Billy shouldered the rest.

    The Forest

    Stewart Edward White

  • "Seventy-six dollars so far," he announced after some arithmetic.

    The Stutterer

    R.R. Merliss

  • There are seventy-six lines (incomplete) beginning with the colloquy of Gunnar and Hogni.

  • Then in May we began to sell to Laramie, five hundred and seventy-six miles.

    Desert Dust

    Edwin L. Sabin

  • "That will be small soap for seventy-six sheep," remarked Addison.

    When Life Was Young

    C. A. Stephens