ninety-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 93 or XCIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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The individuals polled were for the most part not partisan Democrats; ninety-three percent of them were white.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2020
Federal law gives the president the power to appoint the country’s ninety-three U.S.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2020
McCrane was one of ninety-three fans who had paid extra to attend a “sound-check party” on the arena floor.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2019
At Carnegie Mellon University, for example, ninety-three per cent of female M.B.A. students accepted an initial salary offer, while only forty-three per cent of men did.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018
Koch died on August 17,1995, at age ninety-three.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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