ninety-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 93 or XCIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
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The individuals polled were for the most part not partisan Democrats; ninety-three percent of them were white.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2020
Federal law gives the president the power to appoint the country’s ninety-three U.S.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2020
In 2017, at age ninety-three, he was ousted by the Zimbabwean military—not over policy but to prevent him from anointing his second wife, Grace, as his political heir.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 8, 2019
Two days later, my father died, peacefully, at home, at the age of ninety-three.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2018
Inside sat all the women of the older generation, even Grand-grand-grand Auntie, who was ninety-three.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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