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seventy-six

[ sev-uh n-tee-siks ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɪks /

noun

a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.

a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 76 in number.

Words nearby seventy-six

seventy-ninth, seventy-one, seventy-second, seventy-seven, seventy-seventh, seventy-six, seventy-sixth, seventy-third, seventy-three, seventy-two, sever

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Examples from the Web for seventy-six

Oil went from fifty cents per barrel up to one dollar and thirty-seven cents, and then dropped back to seventy-six cents.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
I myself think she will live much longer: as she is wonderfully healthy for her time of life—seventy-six.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald|Edward FitzGerald
They feared that their boat could not hold all of the seventy-six men.
The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators|Hendrik Willem van Loon
The glamour with which affection can glorify even the rudest surroundings was denied him in his long life of seventy-six years.
Famous Firesides of French Canada|Mary Wilson Alloway

He continued actively engaged in his business until the year 1835, having followed his profession seventy-six years!
Tea Leaves|Various

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