ninety-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 97 or XCVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Imagine being ninety-seven years old and transitioning to a new resident.
From Fox News ● Dec. 17, 2021
Doris Day, who died on Monday, at the age of ninety-seven, made her film début in 1948.
From The New Yorker ● May 14, 2019
Speaker, who does not surf, liked to point out that ninety-seven per cent of N.F.L. fans have never played football.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
Two hundred and ninety-seven years to be precise – with the years AD614–911 not taking place at all.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2017
One of my greatest honors occurred in 2015 when I was ninety-seven years old.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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