ninety-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 98 or XCVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
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In 2018, this was one hundred and ninety-eight terawatt-hours, down from a 2010 peak of two hundred and thirty-four terawatt-hours.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
So, 8, 165, 432, 098, 710 is named as eight trillion, one hundred sixty-five billion, four hundred thirty-two million, ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred ten.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
According to a study by Reuters, the numbers of resettled applicants from those countries were reduced by ninety-eight per cent.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
“I was ninety-eight per cent convinced at that point,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
And then, just as she reached a hundred and ninety-eight, Joseph Ryan appeared at her elbow, like a waiter.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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