| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. The ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "75th" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1850. (references) |
Common Expressions: 75th
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| 75th Academy Awards | The 75th Academy Awards ceremony was originally intended to be an especially festive celebration of the ceremony's 75th anniversary. However, it was muted five days before the show by the onset of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, which coincided almost exactly with the ceremony. As a result, the hype and tone of the show were scaled back, and some Award winners (notably Adrien Brody and Michael Moore) took the opportunity to voice their opposition to the invasion. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who would later win Best Documentary at the 76th Academy Awards, made a [http://www.errolmorris.com/content/shortfilms/oscarmovie.html short film]that was shown during the ceremony. The film shows almost 100 people discussing movies. Those featured range from Laura Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev to Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to Kenneth Arrow (1972 Nobel Laureate in Economics) to Morris' son Hamilton. (references) | ||
| 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line station) | 75th Avenue is a two-track express and local station serving the IND Queens Boulevard Line. There are two platforms, westbound and eastbound, with two express tracks in the center for trains that bypass the station. (references) | ||
| U.S. 75th Infantry Division | The 75th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: 75th
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) | Military & Defense | The US Army's elite Rapid Deployment Force. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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