eighty-nine

[ey-tee-nahyn]

noun

a cardinal number, 80 plus 9.
a symbol for this number, as 89 or LXXXIX.
a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 89 in number.

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Examples from the Web for eighty-nine

Contemporary Examples of eighty-nine

Eighty-nine percent occurred when the person was awake, rather than dreaming or dozing.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death
Patricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
Eighty-nine percent of them are using some form of contraception; 15.3 million Americans use prescription hormonal birth control.
The Coming Birth Control Battle
Dana Goldstein
July 12, 2010
“Eighty-nine dollars,” says the nice lady at the desk when I ask for a room.
The Bag Lady's Papers, Part III
Alexandra Penney
January 6, 2009

Historical Examples of eighty-nine

They were eighty-nine versts from the little village on the Beresina, but they were not afraid.
The Best Short Stories of 1915
Various
You ought to have crossed with him in the old Nausia in 'eighty-nine.
Ship-Bored
Julian Street
They had one hundred and eighty-nine paid officers under them.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.
Leslie Stephen
The whole remaining eighty-nine will quarrel for the twelfth place.
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane
H. C. Bunner
Aunt Lucy was Cynthia's grandmother, and eighty-nine years of age.
Coniston, Complete
Winston Churchill