ninety-four

[ nahyn-tee-fawr, -fohr ]

/ ˈnaɪn tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

a cardinal number, 90 plus 4.

a symbol for this number, as 94 or XCIV.

a set of this many persons or things.

amounting to 94 in number.

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Ninety-four years of reasonably deliberative history was thus replicated in three fortnights of panic inside the Eccles Building.
How Washington Gifts the 1 Percent|David Stockman|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ninety-four days of backpacking around twenty-two countries is how I spent the summer after my freshman year of college.
Michael Clinton: How to Become a Globe-Trotter|Michael Clinton|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As of today Israel has a governing coalition composed of seven parties, with ninety-four MKs, approximately 80% of Parliament.
What Will Change|Daniel Levy|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ninety-four percent of Gen 1s said no, compared with 67 percent of Gen 3s.
Meet the New Optimists: African Americans|Ellis Cose|May 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The sun had been entirely absent for ninety-four days, and the coldest period of the winter was at hand.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World|Adolphus W. Greely
At this meeting there were reported thirteen organized societies, with one hundred and ninety-four members in Iowa.
History of Linn County Iowa|Luther A. Brewer
I tend out on most all the fires in Ninety-four's district, an' sometimes I get a chance to sneak inside the lines.
An Amateur Fireman|James Otis
That king is named Terror, and seventeen hundred and ninety-four is the year of his reign.
After Dark|Wilkie Collins
Given in Madrid, June eleven, one thousand five hundred and ninety-four.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624|Various