ninety-five

[nahyn-tee-fahyv]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 95 or XCV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 95 in number.

Example Sentences

“Eight hundred ninety-five new Floridians are arriving each day,” Martinez said.

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Then he sat down in his black leather chair, considered his move for ninety-five seconds, and played his knight to his king bishop’s third square.

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If Vern was ninety-five years old, he must have been scuba diving and teaching into his eighties.

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And no one there seemed very interested when Jim declared, “We can drive down the prices by ninety to ninety-five percent.”

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When the clock tips over on him, his son observes, “When you’re ninety-five, and Father Time literally knocks you to the ground, don’t you think he’s maybe trying to tell you something?”

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