ninety-seventh
Americanadjective
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next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
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being one of 97 equal parts.
noun
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a ninety-seventh part, especially of one (1/97).
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the ninety-seventh member of a series.
Example Sentences
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“Moonlight,” which won Best Picture the year before, came in ninety-seventh.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2018
On the two hundred and ninety-seventh day of Edward’s ordeal, a storm came.
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
AnotherPg 237 occupant of the house, who must not be allowed to go unmentioned, was the priest's mother, a charming old lady in her ninety-seventh year.
From Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels by Arbuthnot, George
In science I guess you’ll find that the man who thinks the seven hundred and ninety-seventh thought along certain lines has got the last and best end of it.
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
Sir,—Yesterday, which happened to be my ninety-seventh birthday, I spent in reading your wonderful Potted Meat Supplement from cover to cover.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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