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[sev-uhn-tee-eyt] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈeɪt /


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Bernstein raises its price target on the stock to 78 euros from 71 euros.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Last things first: Eve Babitz is a major minor L.A. writer who died five years ago at age 78.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Across nine states, 11 U.S. cities hosted 78 games.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Developer Mitsui Fudosan plans a "green buffer zone" of up to 78 metres with trees and a stream, reducing the noise, the heat and the "oppressive feeling", said project manager Toshitsugu Jouzuka.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

On the Hamlin County Animal Control website, it says the department finds homes for 95 percent of the healthy dogs and 78 percent of the healthy cats.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

For decades, he had chafed against the 78’s constraints, occasionally recording two- or four-sided works and in concert letting pieces unfold over dozens of minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Dancing the foxtrot to Katy Perry’s “Unconditionally” and a freestyle dance to District 78’s “Que Calor,” Gomez and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, got perfect scores to secure the top prize.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2023

Whitey Morgan & the 78’s The honky-tonk band performs.

From Washington Post Mar. 24, 2015

We also have thousands of LP’s, mostly 78’s, and four or five old-fashioned phonographs to play them on, the old kind with the horn and the crank.

From New York Times Dec. 3, 2011

In last week's third round Parks got a 73 while Thomson was taking 77, Sarazen and Krueger 78's.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 78s she left behind, she’s an intriguingly forceful presence—but remote, as if heard from the next room through a paper cup and string.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

What he found in the 78s that Juarez left behind was more than a record collection; they were miniature time capsules from a teenage world bound by friendship, community, and music.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

The result of the lousy weather and the increased mileage on Woods’s creaky leg: back-to-back 78s over the weekend to wind up 47th, his worst finish in any Masters in which he made the cut.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2023

And then on the weekend, he limped his way to a pair of 78s.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

He made one last trip a month ago, to a flea market in Emmittsburg, Md., in search of 78s, but didn’t find any.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2022




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