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seventy-two
[ sev-uhn-tee-too ]
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.
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It has been seventy-two hours since the snow felland we are in the process of thawing out.
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“I am not certain. But it is quite likely you are a backup. I would put the odds at approximately seventy-two point five percent.”
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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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“I don’t know. Except he’s been missing now for seventy-two hours, and it’ll start to look funny if we don’t act worried pretty soon.”
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FBI director J. Edgar Hoover assigned seventy-two FBI agents to investigate the suspects Elizabeth had identified.
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