ninety-ninth

[ nahyn-tee-nahynth ]

/ ˈnaɪn tiˈnaɪnθ /

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next after the ninety-eighth; being the ordinal number for 99.

being one of 99 equal parts.

a ninety-ninth part, especially of one (1/99).

the ninety-ninth member of a series.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
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That makes New York the ninth state to require such coverage.
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I know the verse because Mrs. Bertalan used to have us do it in ninth-grade choir.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ninety percent of women waiters get harassed sexually, according to a recent study.
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Maybe all journeys should be imagined as a single day, short as a trip to the corner or long as a life in its ninth decade.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Oct 13-19, 2014|William Boot|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His holy book says: There is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He directed the Ninth Symphony, and played twice himself with orchestral accompaniments.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Methodius and Cyril, who were sent missionaries to the Sclavonians in the ninth century.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
In the year five hundred and ninety-three, the Confraternity of La Misericordia was started in this city.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
This organ comprised no less than ninety-five ranks of Mixture, including two stops of twenty-one and twenty ranks, respectively.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller