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: ninety-nine countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
ninety-nine are here
ninety-nine were found
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1
: nine and 90 : three times 33 : nine times 11
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a
: 99 units or objects
a total of ninety-nine
b
: a group or set of 99
3
: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 99
—often used with and instead of a hyphen
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“Ninety-nine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ninety-nine. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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