seventy-two
- numeral
- Experience has shown that individual performance tails off considerably after the first seventy-two hours in the desert environment.
- seventy-two percent
- seventy-two hours
- seventy-two years
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The investigators found thirteen infractions of the regulations applying to the required seventy-two-hour waiting period.
Academic text (2000) -
All the units were designed to be self-sustaining for seventy-two hours in case of a major breach or other problems.
Fiction book (1999) -
I figure we have seventy-two hours to find the dope and keep our jobs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Seventy-two hours later, he was on the most terrifying mission of his life.
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At the age of seventy-two, Bompie decided to go home.
Fiction book (2000) -
Seventy-two percent of the people who eat at McDonald's are heavy users.
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By 1993, we were already spending about seventy to seventy-two billion dollars on research and development.
Academic text (1995) -
In a students' telephone survey, seventy-two Macau residents were asked about their views toward the Legislative Assembly.
Academic text (1990) -
The federation and seventy-two supporting National Diet members created the Policy Forum of the JFSWU in December 1996.
Academic text (2003) -
The event will start at five o'clock and end in seventy-two minutes.
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Etymology
The word seventy-two comes from seven + the ending -ty + two. The -ty part means 'times ten', like in thirty or eighty, so seventy-two is 'seven tens plus two'.