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
In fact, she has the best career free-throw-shooting percentage in W.N.B.A. and N.B.A. history; this season, she made more than ninety-seven per cent of her attempts.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2019
Gilot is ninety-seven now; she has been painting nearly as long as Picasso did, and is enjoying something of a revival.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 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
However, she added, he seemed to be in good flesh and happy- “ ‘The old woman, a resident of the mountain resort town for ninety-seven years, called this office to report her observation.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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