ninety-seven

[nahyn-tee-sev-uhn]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 97 or XCVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 97 in number.

Example Sentences

Of the ninety-seven faces staring back, only nine were women.

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Imagine being ninety-seven years old and transitioning to a new resident.

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“Four ninety-seven?! Nuh-uh. No way. Put it back. You can have one highlighter.”

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Dana Fradon, a New Yorker cartoonist who died on October 3rd, at the age of ninety-seven, was the last of the magazine’s legendary artists who were brought to its pages by Harold Ross.

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This past April, it helped three hundred and ninety-seven callers, and Njoku spent much of her time in her car.

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