seventy-seven
- adjective
- /ˈsɛvənˌtiˈsɛvən/
- Seventy-seven couples completed the entire study protocol and were reimbursed for their participation.
- seventy-seven years
- seventy-seven percent
Examples
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Hewlett Packard gets seventy-seven percent of its revenue from products that are less than two years old.
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Seventy-seven participants were randomly assigned to one of two physical activity log interventions, and 59 participants served as a control group.
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His name was Templeton Moore, seventy-seven years old and not feeling too good about it.
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Meanwhile, surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean during the summer were the highest in seventy-seven years of record-keeping.
Academic text (2008) -
Seventy-seven members of Parliament demanded the Intelligence Ministry investigate the former president for his comments.
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Seventy-seven participants were randomized to one of two programs, and 59 participants served as a control group.
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According to a recent analysis by the Congressional Research Service, reported in the March/April issue of Mother Jones, seventy-seven cents of every energy research dollar from 1973 to 1997 went to nuclear and fossil fuels; just fourteen cents went to alternative energy.
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The report concluded that the use of lead-based paint was pervasive, that three-quarters of the seventy-seven million private homes built before 1980 contain lead-based paint, and of those homes, families with children under seven occupy about ten million of them.
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In Mermentau Cove, located in the southwest corner of Acadia Parish, only seventy-seven (23 percent) of 337 Cajuns reported English proficiency.
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The charity event attracted seventy-seven guests, all eager to support the cause.
Synonyms
The Roman numeral for seventy-seven
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Etymology
The word seventy-seven is made of seventy and seven, meaning 'seven groups of ten plus seven'. Think of seven tens, 70, and seven more, so it describes something that is seventy-seven in number.