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[sev-uhn-tee-eyt] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈeɪt /


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In addition to 78 misdemeanor arrests, Leary said police impounded two vehicles whose drivers were “aiding and abetting.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The benchmark rate is now 78 basis points higher than it was a year ago, per Mortgage News Daily.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Renoir Museum lies a half-hour drive from the southern city of Nice, in Renoir's last home before he died aged 78 in 1919.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

That equates to only 4% of the 78 teams to have collected seven points after three games and still go down.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

White men comprised 78 percent of the arrests for this offense in 1990 when new mandatory minimums governing drunk driving were being adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

As enthusiastic as Mr. Bussard was about the music he loved, he was even more dismissive of the music he didn’t, namely anything after 78s were replaced by 45s, then LPs and eventually CDs.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2022

This Woods, the one hobbling on a rebuilt right leg that he could’ve lost in that horrific car crash 14 months ago, closed with back-to-back 78s that were the worst scores of his Masters career.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2022

My parents had some of her records, back when it was 78s, and then in New Orleans we had radio stations that had gospel programming during the day.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2022




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