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[ ey-tee-nahyn ] / ˈeɪ tiˈnaɪn /
nouna cardinal number, 80 plus 9. a symbol for this number, as 89 or LXXXIX. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 89 in number. Words nearby eighty-nineeighty-fifth, eighty-first, eighty-five, eighty-four, eighty-fourth, eighty-nine, eighty-niner, eighty-ninth, eighty-one, eighty-second, eighty-seven Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eighty-nineEighty-nine percent occurred when the person was awake, rather than dreaming or dozing. Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eighty-nine percent of them are using some form of contraception; 15.3 million Americans use prescription hormonal birth control. The Coming Birth Control Battle|Dana Goldstein|July 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST “Eighty-nine dollars,” says the nice lady at the desk when I ask for a room. The Bag Lady's Papers, Part III|Alexandra Penney|January 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST And it must have been; every morning for eighty-nine days the gaudy music box faithfully played the tune over and over again. Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
Michael Angelo and Titian were eighty-nine and ninety-nine respectively. Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell She gave up the office about the year 1832, and is now in Beaminster Union, just eighty-nine years old. Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853|Various She died at the age of eighty-nine, probably in the year 512; but the date is not to be ascertained with certainty. The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16)|Sabine Baring-Gould "That and—the principles of 'eighty-nine," replied Camors, lighting a fresh cigar from the old one. Monsieur de Camors, Complete|Octave Feuillet
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