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1970s

1970s noun: the decade beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979.

Noun

1970s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979.
    • Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis. […] Well...2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2022
    • The production on “Liverpool 8” has the heft and definition of modern multitracking, resembling Mr. Starr’s early-1970s hits rather than the Beatles themselves.2008 January 14, Jon Pareles, “New CDs”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

Examples of 1970s in a sentence

  • On the Alxa Plateau of Inner Mongolia, Gaxun Nur Lake (262 km²) dried in the 1970s and the Sogo Nur Lake in the 1980s.2008, Robert Jellison, William D. Williams, Brian Timms, Javier Alcocer, Nikolay V. Aladin, “Salt lakes: values, threats and future”, in...
  • Sandra used to be a regular club-goer with her husband and two young sons in the 1970s.2012, Ruth Cherrington, Not Just Beer and Bingo! a Social History of Working Men's Clubs, →ISBN, page 95:
  • The sysprogs of the 1970s and early '80s also tended the mainframe as it shook and rattled incongruously on the edge of Dartmouth's Colonial campus.2017, Virginia Heffernan, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, page 19:

Synonyms of 1970s

Forms of 1970s

alternative form1970's

Questions about 1970s

What does 1970s mean?
1970s means the decade beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979.
How do you use 1970s in a sentence?
On the Alxa Plateau of Inner Mongolia, Gaxun Nur Lake (262 km²) dried in the 1970s and the Sogo Nur Lake in the 1980s.
What part of speech is 1970s?
1970s is a noun.

Words near 1970s in the dictionary

  1. 1950's
  2. 1950s
  3. 1960's
  4. 1960s
  5. 1970's
  6. 1970s
  7. 1980
  8. 1980's
  9. 1980s
  10. 1984
  11. 1984-esque

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