70s

alternative '70s · alternative 70's

1. pluralplural onlyThe decade of the 1970s.

   “Such templates I heard only in the 70s and 80s — extreme nonprofessionalism and surprisingly visible censorship.

   2007 May 19, C. J. Chivers, “Eviction Notice Is Latest Russian Move Against Journalists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021

   Synonyms: 1970s, seventies

2. pluralplural onlyA range of the numbers seventy (70) to seventy-nine (79).

   Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.

   2002 January 8, Cheong Suk-Wai, “Faith in a new tomorrow”, in The Straits Times