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seventy-seven

[ sev-uhn-tee-sev-uhn ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 7.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 77 or LXXVII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 77 in number.
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Example Sentences

On April 15, 1848, seventy-seven enslaved people attempted to escape Washington by sailing on a schooner called The Pearl.

She was seventy-seven and thinking of having an operation, and she wanted it performed in the United States.

She was seventy-seven, but her last important battle was still in front of her.

But at seventy-seven I’m into the actuarial zone.

“One hundred and seventy-seven is a tiny fraction of the number of people who were abused by this man at Ohio State. That’s becoming absolutely obvious.”

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