ninety-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 96 or XCVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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A hundred and ninety-six billion dollars is larger than the market value of BP; it dwarfs that of the coal companies or the frackers.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2019
In California, after the removal of the religious exemption, the rate of vaccination rose, from ninety per cent to ninety-six per cent.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
Thirty years ago, on April 15, 1989, ninety-six Liverpool fans were killed in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, in the worst stadium disaster in British sports history.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2019
Eventually, he was assigned to a site outside Cologne, where ninety-six shipping containers had been converted into housing for men.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
A few days later he had ninety-six volunteers, which quickly increased to 150.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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