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[ sev -uh n-tee-too ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈtu / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective amounting to 72 in number.
Words nearby seventy-two seventy-seventh, seventy-six, seventy-sixth, seventy-third, seventy-three, seventy-two , seven-up, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World, seven-year itch, Seven Years' War
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Seventy-two percent are just fine with the Obama plan to end tax cuts for families earning more than $250,000.
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Seventy-two percent of Republicans are certain they will vote in November, compared to 49 percent of Democrats.
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Seventy-two thousand other people were squatting on her crammed farm.
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The statue of Tsong Kapa is said to have been constructed seventy-two years ago, and to have cost as much as one of gold.
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He died at the age of seventy-two in Tulip, near the year 1885, just before Cleveland's inauguration.
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This would make Apollonius seventy-two to seventy-five when he succeeded Eratosthenes.
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It was seventy-two miles to Georgetown, and bad walking in the sand, I was told.
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The silent period was lengthened and eventually ended at midnight of November 27/28, having lasted seventy-two hours.
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