seventy-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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The United Nations was instrumental in the creation and recognition of the state of Israel some seventy-six years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Three hundred seventy-six police officers were on scene at Robb Elementary School.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022
In the United States today, seventy-six per cent of African-Americans do not have a will, more than twice the percentage of white Americans.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
Now seventy-six, Rupp told me recently that she was not seeking traces of her own biography in the small towns she visited.
From The New Yorker • May 9, 2019
On January 18, 1892, Stanton—now seventy-six years old—resigned as president of NAWSA.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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