seventy-eight
noun
sev·en·ty-eight
ˌse-vən-tē-ˈāt 
ˌse-bᵊm-,
-dē-ˈāt
1
: a number that is one more than 77 see Table of Numbers
2
: a phonograph record designed to be played at 78 revolutions per minute
—usually written 78
seventy-eight
adjective
seventy-eight
pronoun, plural in construction
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In Maine, Graham Platner, a rough-hewn populist who had to cover up a Nazi tattoo, looks set to handily beat Janet Mills, the polished seventy-eight-year-old incumbent governor.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Deposit-rate ceilings were dismantled through the 1980s; the demand-deposit interest ban finally disappeared in 2011, seventy-eight years after the original prohibition.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Two hundred and seventy-eight players have now been inducted, and each July, all living members are invited to welcome the incoming class.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Deposit-rate ceilings were dismantled through the 1980s; the demand-deposit interest ban finally disappeared in 2011, seventy-eight years after the original prohibition.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Two hundred and seventy-eight players have now been inducted, and each July, all living members are invited to welcome the incoming class.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Seventy-eight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seventy-eight. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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