seventy-eight

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-eyt] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈeɪt /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.

2. a symbol for this number, as 78 or LXXVIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 78 in number.

Example Sentences

Three hundred seventy-eight days later, the Huskies have a chance to right that wrong, when they take on the Sun Devils at 7:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

“One hundred seventy-eight thousand other Californians just joined the fastest growing club in the state — unemployed Californians screwed by the EDD,” Wilk said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

Nineteen seventy-eight would turn out to be a crucial year for San Francisco’s identity.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2020

In comparison, the country taxed oil at seventy-eight percent.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2019

In this way she gained seventy-eight cents in coins previously designated for the church collection plate.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson