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
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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
What surprised me was that, at the age of seventy-six, he was still nourishing the Hammons myth—making himself appear more reclusive and otherworldly than he is.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
This artist, who is now seventy-six, is so unstintingly original in vision and in technique that the idea of presenting her work without her can seem unthinkable.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
"He's seventy-six kilometers from the Hab," Mindy said.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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