ninety-fourth
Americanadjective
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next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
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being one of 94 equal parts.
noun
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a ninety-fourth part, especially of one (1/94).
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the ninety-fourth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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In the artist’s ninety-fourth year, two institutions on opposite coasts are hosting modest presentations of her career, which began in fervor in 1960, more or less.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2019
This coming week, The New Yorker will be celebrating its ninety-fourth anniversary.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 17, 2019
He was equally as near the truth in saying his father was ninety-four when he should have said he was in his ninety-fourth year.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George
One night, in his ninety-fourth year, he tottered upon his daughter's arm, as his custom was, to the door, to look out for a moment upon the sky.
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James
Isocrates in his ninety-fourth year wrote a most noble work.
From The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Thomas, Ernest Chester
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