plural nineties
1
: a number equal to nine times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
nineties plural
: the numbers 90 to 99
specifically
: the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century
She's in her nineties.
Examples of ninety in a Sentence
During the nineties, he was going to college and working part-time.
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Hailing from Sacramento, X-Raided emerged as a leading figure in the early nineties underground rap scene.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Hatcher’s exploits in Southeast Asia in the eighties and nineties are now held up by conservationists as case studies of cultural theft and the careless destruction of historical sites.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
That simple division became much more complicated in the nineties.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
And in recent tumultuous times, there has been a surge in nostalgia and a return to the clean lines of the nineties—a yearning for the more stable good old days.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Hatcher’s exploits in Southeast Asia in the eighties and nineties are now held up by conservationists as case studies of cultural theft and the careless destruction of historical sites.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
That simple division became much more complicated in the nineties.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
And in recent tumultuous times, there has been a surge in nostalgia and a return to the clean lines of the nineties—a yearning for the more stable good old days.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Ninety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ninety. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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