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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Gas produces ninety-one percent of its energy, oil contributes nine percent and solar provides less than 0.01 percent.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
Chayote from Costa Rica is on the shelves at ninety-one cents a pound.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Katz, who turned ninety-one in July, keeps in shape with a daily regimen of swimming and rigorous exercises.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
After retiring, in 2013, he returned to Richland to be near his mother, who is ninety-one.
From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2017
I am ninety-one years old, and almost everyone who was once in my life is now a ghost.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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