seventy-two
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
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a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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I have exactly seventy-two days until the spring equinox.
From Literature
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And, over the next seventy-two hours, a series of moves and countermoves, mistakes and misunderstandings, would bring the most terrifying moments yet.
From Literature
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It has been seventy-two hours since the snow felland we are in the process of thawing out.
From Salon
“I’m seventy-two point five percent certain I’m going to Mars,” I finally say.
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The sound of my nickname feels like seventy-two jillion vampire bats screeching right into my ear.
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