ninety-first

American  

[nahyn-tee-furst] / ˈnaɪn tiˈfɜrst /

adjective

1. next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.

2. being one of 91 equal parts.

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noun

1. a ninety-first part, especially of one (1/91).

2. the ninety-first member of a series.

Example Sentences

And so: the ninety-first minute.

From The New Yorker

He scored the breakthrough goal—in the ninety-first minute—in their game against Costa Rica.

From The New Yorker

Now, however, in the ninety-first minute, the referee, Enrique Cáceres, stood huddled under the visor of the video-replay unit on the sideline.

From The New Yorker

Coney Island—home to the Cyclone, a wooden roller coaster that, this year, celebrates its ninety-first birthday, and a hot-dog shop eleven years its senior—is an amusement park steeped in the past.

From The New Yorker

We would climb the small hill into Riverside Park’s Ninety-first Street garden for a water stop, and Oliver would become absorbed by a crocus, columbine, hyacinth, or tulip.

From The New Yorker