ninety-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 91 or XCI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Gas produces ninety-one percent of its energy, oil contributes nine percent and solar provides less than 0.01 percent.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
Katz, who turned ninety-one in July, keeps in shape with a daily regimen of swimming and rigorous exercises.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018
After retiring, in 2013, he returned to Richland to be near his mother, who is ninety-one.
From The New Yorker • May 22, 2017
When my father died, at ninety-one, in early 2009, slipping away when none of us happened to be visiting, many hundreds of bottles remained in his cellar.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017
Now she is eighty-four to my ninety-one, and with me still.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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