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  • noun Plural form of seventh.

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Examples

  • Gulfport's steady march north from the coast, which accelerated after Katrina and Rita ravaged the old city center, has been so pervasive that Evans says there are three Waffle Houses within five-sevenths of a mile of his house.

    For them, Earth Day was late in coming 2010

  • The Leafs also added a fourth-round pick, a fifth and two sevenths.

    Capitals, Coyotes improve most at NHL trade deadline 2010

  • Keller Williams included many Young songs in his sets when he was starting out, no doubt attracted to the composer's use of simple folk chords and wistful major sevenths.

    Rocking Roster Keeps Young at Heart Jim Fusilli 2011

  • And the famous "Tempo Blues" theme at the center of the work, the ex-pat's melancholy (Gershwin indicated "Drunk" on one draft), echoes the opening; the keening long note gives way to another series of disjunct intervals, a tumbling of sixths and sevenths:

    Archive 2008-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • Minors, sevenths, diminished, and other exotic chords that needed more than one finger to make were a challenge.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • You know, he likes those strange sixths and major seconds and sevenths that I already got tired of along time ago.

    Mike Ragogna: Never Been Gone : A Conversation With Carly Simon 2010

  • It's a simple, understated lyric, and because Webb wraps the emotion in the language of work and everyday things, it comes out all the more powerfully, especially when grafted to a melody that somehow manages to be subtle (all those minor sevenths) and bighearted all at once.

    I Love—Jimmy Webb? 2010

  • And the famous "Tempo Blues" theme at the center of the work, the ex-pat's melancholy (Gershwin indicated "Drunk" on one draft), echoes the opening; the keening long note gives way to another series of disjunct intervals, a tumbling of sixths and sevenths:

    The illegitimate nephew of Napoleon Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • Totals: Traded 1 player and 18 picks (2 second, 4 thirds, 5 fourths, 2 fifths, 1 sixth, 3 sevenths) for 14 players.

    Trading draft picks for veterans 2010

  • You know, he likes those strange sixths and major seconds and sevenths that I already got tired of along time ago.

    Never Been Gone : A Conversation With Carly Simon 2010

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