ninety-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 91 or XCI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“He died last year, after he turned ninety-one.”
From Literature
Gas produces ninety-one percent of its energy, oil contributes nine percent and solar provides less than 0.01 percent.
From Salon
Then I pumped up one hundred shots without stopping, making ninety-one of them.
From Literature
Four hundred and ninety-one likely Democratic presidential primary voters in New Hampshire were questioned by live telephone operators for the Saint Anselm College poll.
From Fox News
Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time.
From Literature
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