seventy-second
Americanadjective
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next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
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being one of 72 equal parts.
noun
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a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).
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the seventy-second member of a series.
Example Sentences
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Which of the following took place at the seventy-second annual Tony Awards?
From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018
“We are so happy to be here hosting the seventy-second, and final, Golden Globe Awards,” Poehler said.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2015
Gossip, for example, represented one seventy-second of a proof.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
When the BFG had consumed his seventy-second fried egg, Mr Tibbs sidled up to the Queen.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
After having been accustomed, till his seventy-second year, to preach three times on the Sabbath, increasing infirmities induced him to resign the pastoral office.
From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas
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