seventy-third

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-thurd] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈθɜrd /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.

2. being one of 73 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-third part, especially of one (1/73).

2. the seventy-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

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seventy-third

But the seventy-third annual Golden Globes, which aired last night, weren’t fun-drunk, at least for those of us watching at home.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2016

President Hoover had remembered that the day was the seventy-third anniversary of the birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Clay in his seventy-third year was again in the Senate by the unanimous vote of the Kentucky Legislature, in the belief that his patriotic influence was needed in the impending crisis.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

Shakespeare’s seventy-third sonnet may serve as a fair example of the arrangement of the lines in the early Elizabethan period, though even in his day the present rhyming order was passing gradually into use.

From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio

He was laid to rest in the College Chapel, having just entered upon his seventy-third year.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher