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
Example Sentences
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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
When O’Rourke stopped to read a placard, Sharry stepped forward and thrust his thumb at a statistic: “All these people, and we let ninety-eight per cent in,” he said, with some wonder.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2019
The conviction rate is around ninety-eight per cent.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018
I was ninety-eight years old and I’m still going.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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