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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Or of my nephew at Catholic school in the nineties, having his curls measured for height, not length, by a ruler placed atop his head.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Baumgartner rose to fame as a skydiver and BASE jumper in the nineties and early aughts by attempting record-breaking jumps from prominent landmarks.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
Averell Harriman, after leading Union Pacific and Brown Brothers Harriman, served as one of America’s greatest diplomats, unofficially advising presidents until his nineties.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
Advertisement Indians and Pakistanis, who remember a life before the Partition, before the borders, are in their nineties and dying fast.
—Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Baumgartner rose to fame as a skydiver and BASE jumper in the nineties and early aughts by attempting record-breaking jumps from prominent landmarks.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
Averell Harriman, after leading Union Pacific and Brown Brothers Harriman, served as one of America’s greatest diplomats, unofficially advising presidents until his nineties.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
Advertisement Indians and Pakistanis, who remember a life before the Partition, before the borders, are in their nineties and dying fast.
—Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
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“Ninety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ninety. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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