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
A 2017 survey estimated that there are three hundred and ninety-three million civilian-owned firearms in the United States, a rate of 120.5 guns for every hundred residents, twice that of the second-highest nation, Yemen.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 4, 2019
In 2017, he died, at the age of ninety-three.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2018
“I have seen ninety-three winters, far more than any of you.”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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