seventy
noun
sev·en·ty
ˈse-vən-tē 
ˈse-bᵊm-,
-dē
plural seventies
1
: a number equal to seven times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
seventies plural
: the numbers 70 to 79
specifically
: the years 70 to 79 in a lifetime or century
3
capitalized
: a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles
seventy
adjective
seventy
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of seventy in a Sentence
She is in her seventies.
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So experimenting with having characters in the stories narrate the stories, or having stories with no narration, stuff that was actually, in the seventies, very new.
—
Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 July 2024
The picture is an unremarkable vacation snapshot of British artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham in her seventies or eighties, dressed for a day’s sightseeing in a sensible raincoat, not projecting any particular halo of artistic genius.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 July 2024
That number ties him in the Tour’s record book with Merckx, who won sprints, time trials, mountain stages, and even hilly stages during his storied career in the sixties and seventies.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 June 2024
In May, Ember reported that wind and solar are now growing faster than any energy sources in history, besting even the rate that nuclear power grew at its height, during the nineteen-sixties and seventies.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 July 2024
The picture is an unremarkable vacation snapshot of British artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham in her seventies or eighties, dressed for a day’s sightseeing in a sensible raincoat, not projecting any particular halo of artistic genius.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 July 2024
That number ties him in the Tour’s record book with Merckx, who won sprints, time trials, mountain stages, and even hilly stages during his storied career in the sixties and seventies.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 June 2024
In May, Ember reported that wind and solar are now growing faster than any energy sources in history, besting even the rate that nuclear power grew at its height, during the nineteen-sixties and seventies.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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“Seventy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seventy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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seventy
noun
sev·en·ty
ˈsev-ən-tē
plural seventies
: a number equal to seven times 10 see number
seventy
adjective or pronoun
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