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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingninety-one and precedingninety-three .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being two more than ninety
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Examples
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My parents lived to be ninety-two and almost ninety-four; both died last year within a few months of each other.
The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011
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My grandmother had been ninety-two years old, but I thought she would be there when I got back.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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On Friday, April 5, ten hours of fighting along the Gaza armistice line resulted, according to Egyptian sources, in thirty-three civilian deaths and ninety-two wounded.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Imagine a simple monotonic progression: fifty thousand, … eight thousand, … nineteen hundred, … three hundred, … ninety-two, … twelve, … five, … one, zero.
None is, none are: Grammar according to Clarkson « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Imagine that, sitting down at a desk at the age of ninety-two and being taught the alphabet.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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Long enough to admire the striation of the petals on the lush pink rose on page ninety-two of the fashion magazine I was holding.
My Other Mother is a Ferrari Sally Houtman 2012
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On Friday, April 5, ten hours of fighting along the Gaza armistice line resulted, according to Egyptian sources, in thirty-three civilian deaths and ninety-two wounded.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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My parents lived to be ninety-two and almost ninety-four; both died last year within a few months of each other.
The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011
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My grandmother had been ninety-two years old, but I thought she would be there when I got back.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Cletus Miller was ninety-two when he learned to read.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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