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seventy-six

[ sev-uhn-tee-siks ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 76 in number.

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Example Sentences

He remained with the Midland until 1897, when he retired on superannuation at the age of seventy-six.

This year no less than seventy-six slave-ships have sailed, without reckoning the smugglers in that line.

The distance, which amounts to seventy-six miles, occupies about twelve or thirteen hours.

The division on the amendment gave seventy-six peers for the second reading, and only thirteen against it.

On a division the second reading was carried by a majority of three hundred and twenty-three against one hundred and seventy-six.

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