Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The decade from 1890 to 1899.
- noun plural The decade from 1990 to 1999.
- noun plural The time of life between ages 90 and 100.
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- noun Plural form of
ninety . - noun The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
- noun The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
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- noun the decade from 1990 to 1999
- noun the time of life between 90 and 100
- noun the decade from 1890 to 1899
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Examples
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He also is focusing on more recent stories, as in nineties and noughties, too, which is very cool.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - In Lands That Never Were Tales of Swords and Sorcery From the Magazine Of Fantasy and Science Fiction Blue Tyson 2008
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He also is focusing on more recent stories, as in nineties and noughties, too, which is very cool.
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The entire “new-economy†valuation bubble of the late nineties is probably the strongest example of this policy focus.
Think Progress » Labor Department reports weak job growth. 2006
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To be unaware of Shorter's extensive touring schedule through the eighties and nineties is to be curiously uninformed about his career.
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To be unaware of Shorter's extensive touring schedule through the eighties and nineties is to be curiously uninformed about his career.
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To be unaware of Shorter's extensive touring schedule through the eighties and nineties is to be curiously uninformed about his career.
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â⠂ ¬Å Back in the early nineties is when he lost his license.
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The mariachi sound in the nineties is extremely different, with popular, classical, and pop ballads.
A new generation embraces centuries-old music of Mexico 1997
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The mariachi sound in the nineties is extremely different, with popular, classical, and pop ballads.
A new generation embraces centuries-old music of Mexico 1997
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The challenge we face in the nineties is to determine the 'correct balance between the needs of the service and the needs and aspirations of the individual.
Why Your Children Should Enlist in the Canadian Armed Forces 1990
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