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- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber seventy-two , describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
seventy-two equal parts of a whole.
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Examples
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His conclusion was that the Ghouls are a gift from the seventy-second century, sent back in time by some enterprising villain to plague the twenty-first.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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His conclusion was that the Ghouls are a gift from the seventy-second century, sent back in time by some enterprising villain to plague the twenty-first.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Diego Rivera died in Mexico City two weeks before his seventy-second birthday.
Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera 2008
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Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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This was on the two millionth, one hundred and six-thousandth, four hundred and seventy-second day, long after the award-winning creation,
The Sound Invisible 2010
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Not as staggering, though, as that which transpired on the seventy-second green at Liberty National.
Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010
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Diego Rivera died in Mexico City two weeks before his seventy-second birthday.
Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera 2008
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Plans were being made for a major retrospective exhibition of her work at the Grosvenor Gallery, London when she died in 1966, just two months short of her seventy-second birthday.
Irma Stern. 2009
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