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nineties \nineties\ n. pl.
1. The decade from 1890 to 1899; as, the gay nineties.
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2. The decade from 1990 to 1999; as, they spent a ton of
money to solve the Y2K bug in the nineties.
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3. The time of life between ages 90 and 100.

Syn: mid-nineties.
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Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. {Nineties}.
1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit
than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.
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