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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingseventy and precedingseventy-two .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being one more than seventy
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Examples
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Barker, seventy-one, is short and stocky, with an intensity that can veer into dry humor or curmudgeonly impatience.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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“Shields down to seventy-one percent,” said Plante.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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“Shields down to seventy-one percent,” said Plante.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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After nearly seventy-one hours without scoring a run, they finally broke through.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Thomas Mugridge was seventy-one years old and a little man.
THE SEA WIFE 2010
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For the past seventy-one years, people all over the world – not just in America – have grown up with Superman being * Superman*.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How I Would Reboot Superman 2009
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“Shields down to seventy-one percent,” said Plante.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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He was at seventy-one heading into the top of the sixth inning when the Marlins came to bat trailing the Angels by one run.
Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011
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And at seventy-one, after a morning in the saddle over the ranges that began at four o'clock, he lay under the monkey-pods in his customary and sacred siesta that no retainer dared to break, nor would dare permit any equal of the great one to break.
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He had worked all his days, and at seventy-one he still worked.
THE SEA WIFE 2010
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