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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingseventy-six and precedingseventy-eight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being seven more than seventy
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Examples
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There are always rumors that Justice Ginsburg, who is seventy-seven and has had health problems, might retire.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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It took one hundred seventy-seven rejections (façon de parler ...) before I had an inspiration: maybe this was the wrong path?
Writing 2010
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Struggling with his command while throwing seventy-seven pitches through the first four innings, the big left-hander finally found his groove and made life miserable for the Twins.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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"Bridge to Terabithia" won a Newbery Medal in nineteen seventy-seven.
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I, her ugly, fat daughter, watched her never-ending, romantic sagas, which she continued to rewrite and live throughout all seventy-seven of her years, unfold with amazement.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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In addition to an overwhelming majority of Democrats in both Houses, seventy-seven Republican Representatives voted for it and only eighteen against it and fifteen Republican Senators voted for it and only five against it.
David O. Russell: FDR Said It All in 1936 -- Who Will Follow in His Steps Today? David O. Russell 2011
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I, her ugly, fat daughter, watched her never-ending, romantic sagas, which she continued to rewrite and live throughout all seventy-seven of her years, unfold with amazement.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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It took one hundred seventy-seven rejections (façon de parler ...) before I had an inspiration: maybe this was the wrong path?
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Struggling with his command while throwing seventy-seven pitches through the first four innings, the big left-hander finally found his groove and made life miserable for the Twins.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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It took one hundred seventy-seven rejections (façon de parler ...) before I had an inspiration: maybe this was the wrong path?
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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