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next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96; being one of 96 equal parts; ninety-sixth part, esp. of one (<sup>1</sup>/<sub>96</sub>); the ninety-sixth member of a series

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  • Today is the ninety-sixth birthday of Ralph Ellison.
  • Just keep your eyes open, though, for they make the ninety-sixth this season.
  • My offices and the rest of the Legal Department occupied the ninety-sixth floor.
  • My colleague Otto Bird died a few weeks ago just four days shy of his ninety-sixth birthday.
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