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Definition of Seventieths
1. seventieth [n] - See also: seventieth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seventieths
Literary usage of Seventieths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"of twelve seventieths (12-70); one-half of said portion being for the said Maria
Louisa, and the other half being equally divided between said minors. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... George T. Jenkins, are heirs of twelve seventieths of the estate. ... Sarah Day,
wife of Nicholas Day, is heir of twelve seventieths In October, 1852, ..."
3. The Boys' and Girls' Readers by Emma Miller Bolenius (1919)
""Ernesto Derossi, promoted, seventy-seventieths, and the first prize. ... Stardi,
promoted, with sixty-seven seventieths! but, at hearing this fine fate, ..."
4. An Intermediate Arithmetic: Uniting Mental and Written Exercises in a by Emerson Elbridge White (1876)
"Ans. are 17 times 2 seventieths, which is 34 12. Change ,}| to ninety-sixths.
13. Change -ij- and |~| each to eighty-fourths. 14. ..."
5. An Intermediate Arithmetic: Uniting Mental and Written Exercises in a by Emerson Elbridge White (1898)
"Change -|-£ to seventieths. PROCESS. 70-H35 = 2. 1 7 V 2 3 4 - = — , Ans. ooX iv
of 70 divided by 35. One thirty-fifth is as many seven- ..."
6. A New Elementary Arithmetic: Uniting Oral and Written Exercises by Emerson Elbridge White (1883)
"Change £$ to seventieths. One thirty-fifth is as many ... seventieths. This is
the same as mul- 35 X 2 70 ' tiplying both terms by the quotient of are 17 ..."
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