nineties
noun/ˈnaɪntiz/
Frequency rank: #11,303 most common English word
Meaning
the decade spanning the years 90 to 99, especially 1990 to 1999.
Example sentence
My grandmother loves music from the nineties, especially pop songs she heard as a young woman.
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