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ninety-two

[ nahyn-tee-too ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 92 or XCII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 92 in number.

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Example Sentences

And in these two instances—separated by ninety-two blocks and fifty-six years—it was they who died in the attempt.

Ninety-two percent of Facebook executive donations so far this year went to Democrats.

On a division, however, the motion was negatived by three hundred and fifty votes against one hundred and ninety-two.

On a division the motion for postponement was carried by a majority of one hundred and ninety-two against one hundred and fifteen.

On a division, the motion was lost by a majority of one hundred and ninety-seven against ninety-two.

He died in Seville in 1162 at the age, it is said, of ninety-two years.

We got back to camp at half past eight, having covered ninety-two miles in our windings—a good day's work.

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