ninety-seven

American  

[nahyn-tee-sev-uhn] / ˈnaɪn tiˈsɛv ən /

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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 97 in number.

Example Sentences

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

From Fox News

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.

From The New Yorker

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

From The New Yorker

By Tuesday, he had clinched ninety-seven per cent of the Republican vote—a figure that seemed surprising because his stockpile, though growing, still hadn’t neared the rim of the displayed jar.

From The New Yorker

The Fifteenth District has been called the most Democratic congressional district in the country; Barack Obama won ninety-seven per cent of the vote there in 2012.

From The New Yorker