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eighty-nine

American  
[ey-tee-nahyn] / ˈeɪ tiˈnaɪn /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 9.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 89 or LXXXIX.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

  1. amounting to 89 in number.

Example Sentences

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Write nine billion, two hundred forty-six million, seventy-three thousand, one hundred eighty-nine as a whole number using digits.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Jenkins had stopped doing this late last year, after the N.F.L. committed eighty-nine million dollars toward racial-justice causes.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

Ford had set aside eighty-nine dollars out of her loan-refund check at the beginning of the semester for a cap and gown.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2018

On the boat of eighty-nine runners heading to Antarctica she mingled with her fellow explorers.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2018

We ranged in age from three months to his eighty-nine years.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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