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[ sev-uhn-tee-nahyn ] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈnaɪn /
nouna cardinal number, 70 plus 9. a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 79 in number. Words nearby seventy-nineseventy-fifth, seventy-first, seventy-five, seventy-four, seventy-fourth, seventy-nine, seventy-ninth, seventy-one, seventy-second, seventy-seven, seventy-seventh Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seventy-nineSeventy-nine percent of liberals, 62 percent of moderates, and 45 percent of conservatives want government to combat inequality. Hey Democrats! Ignore the Centrists, Americans Want You to Tackle Inequality|Jamelle Bouie|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Seventy-nine of these were 14 or younger when they were condemned. Ex-Prisoners Say Life Term Is Cruel for Teens, As Case Hits High Court|Sandra McElwaine|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST Seventy-nine percent of the women interviewed said they had been sexually abused as children by an average of four perpetrators. Native American Nightmare|Leslie Bennetts|October 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST Of the seventy-nine, thirty-five died before spring, and many more were brought to the verge of death. Pioneers Of France In The New World|Francis Parkman, Jr.
Three dollars a day for each nurse, for seventy-nine days, till you are home on Thanksgiving morning. The Red Cross in Peace and War|Clara Barton We brought off three hundred prisoners, but lost three guns and one hundred and seventy-nine prisoners from Churchill's command. Destruction and Reconstruction:|Richard Taylor Seventy-nine miles one way, and eighty-four miles by another way. In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley In this document there are one hundred and thirty-two letters, giving seventy-nine consonants to fifty-three vowels. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth|Jules Verne
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