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
Sir Attenborough, who is now ninety-three and going strong, never lost his deep well of wonder, his drive to find the unseen, or his electric sense that the world out there contains magic.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 21, 2019
Two days later, my father died, peacefully, at home, at the age of ninety-three.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 17, 2018
Mrs. Cane was blessed with ninety-three years of healthy living, and several people who attended the funeral commented, “She didn’t look a day over ninety.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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