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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Can’t imagine many who lived through the nineties wanting it any other way.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Parity seems to be a wider trend: the N.B.A. used to be a league of dynasties—the Celtics and the Lakers in the nineteen-eighties, the Chicago Bulls in the nineties, the Spurs and the Warriors more recently.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
In the eighties and nineties, Ericsson had worked at LEO, a Swedish pharmaceutical company whose flagship product is Nicorette, the nicotine-replacement gum.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This was like in the late nineties, how bad the porters were being treated.
—Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Parity seems to be a wider trend: the N.B.A. used to be a league of dynasties—the Celtics and the Lakers in the nineteen-eighties, the Chicago Bulls in the nineties, the Spurs and the Warriors more recently.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
In the eighties and nineties, Ericsson had worked at LEO, a Swedish pharmaceutical company whose flagship product is Nicorette, the nicotine-replacement gum.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This was like in the late nineties, how bad the porters were being treated.
—Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Ninety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ninety. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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