ninety-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Maybe in a few years,” Nim told her, “ninety-nine turtles will come back and lay their eggs here, too!”
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She’d give me the rest of the information, I’d put the numbers down on the paper, and get the answer right about ninety-nine percent of the time.
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They sang all the way down to one Raggedy Ann on the shelf, and then back up to ninety-nine again.
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In 2017, when I was ninety-nine, something wonderful happened that I must admit I think is just a little crazy.
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He claimed he had worshipped the god with ninety-nine names, and the ninety-nine gods with one.
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