ninety-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 97 or XCVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Imagine being ninety-seven years old and transitioning to a new resident.
From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2021
The hundred and sixteenth Congress contains a hundred and ninety-seven Republican representatives and fifty-three Republican senators.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
“Places that went ninety-seven per cent for Trump. Nobody had bothered to visit those people before. I learned so much. If you want to serve people, you gotta listen to them.”
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
Two hundred and ninety-seven years to be precise – with the years AD614–911 not taking place at all.
From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2017
“Don’t you know that ninety-seven cents is almost a dollar?” she asked.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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