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2070s

2070s noun: the decade from Wednesday, January 1, 2070 to Sunday, December 31, 2079.

Noun

2070s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from Wednesday, January 1, 2070 to Sunday, December 31, 2079.
    • Moderate reductions in emissions of heat-trapping gases — sufficient to stop global emissions growth by 2040 and bring emissions down to half their current levels by the 2070s — can avoid those paralyzing extremes and limit the expected late-century experience of the average American to about 18...2015 June 6, Robert Kopp, Jonathan Buzan and Matthew Huber, “The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020
    • It’s the 2070s, sea levels have risen and war stalks the land, but government — and government’s fussy linguistic style — endures.2019 March 14, Ben H. Winters, “What Do the Make-Believe Bureaucracies of Sci-Fi Novels Say About Us?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2020

Questions about 2070s

What does 2070s mean?
2070s means the decade from Wednesday, January 1, 2070 to Sunday, December 31, 2079.
What part of speech is 2070s?
2070s is a noun.

Words near 2070s in the dictionary

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  2. 2040s
  3. 2048
  4. 2050s
  5. 2060s
  6. 2070s
  7. 2080s
  8. 2090s
  9. 20K
  10. 20Ks
  11. 20s

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