ninety-nine
[nahyn-tee-nahyn]
- a cardinal number, 90 plus 9.
- a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
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- amounting to 99 in number.
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Examples from the Web for ninety-nine
Contemporary Examples
He returned to his home state of Connecticut, became a successful banker, and lived to be ninety-nine.
“Ninety-nine percent of people you see with a turban and a beard are Sikh,” he said.
Ninety-nine percent of the people in this office would vote for Saddam if he was on the ballot.
The ninety-nine percent that is animal causes very little trouble.
The average person, in my estimation, is ninety-nine percent animal and one percent human.
Historical Examples
Can it have better recommendations to ninety-nine hundredths of mankind?
What boundless presumption it is to claim for a system which robs ninety-nine per cent.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
Nine out of ten--perhaps ninety-nine out of a hundred--sleep in open tents.
The ForestStewart Edward White
I have followed you and watched you, and I know that ninety-nine hundredths of this madness is not yours.
The ChristianHall Caine
Them other nine hundred an' ninety-nine'll deal you the odd-kyard, Dan, every time.'
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis