ninety-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 96 or XCVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Next up was a Kendal resident called Ben Dowman, who had devised a daylong challenge that combined ninety-six miles of biking through the Lake District with six miles of swimming, in four lakes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
When Devlin passed away, aged ninety-six, in 2016, the Irish Times headline read “Blacksmith immortalized by Seamus Heaney has died.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2019
Liverpool might have narrowly lost the Premier League title to Manchester City, but it did so by scoring ninety-six points, the highest total ever by a second-place team.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2019
In an instant, the ninety-six electrodes were in, like a soccer cleat going into soft earth.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
Joe said, “What do you mean ninety-six bucks? Lemme see that bill!”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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