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1990s
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English
Alternative forms
en 1990's
en 90s '90s abbreviation
Pronunciation
"nineteen-nineties"
en /ˈnaɪn.tiːnˈnaɪn.tiːz/ RP
en /ˈnaɪn.tinˈnaɪn.tiz/ [ˈnaɪn.tʰinˈnaɪɾ̃iz] GA
Noun
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The period from year 1990 to 1999; almost the same period as the 10th (and last) decade of the 20th century, which, however, was from 1991 to (the end of) year 2000
en 1967-02-16 w:Space Seed Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek w:Paramount Domestic Television Science Fiction 1 22 KIRK: We're reading it, Lieutenant. I thought you said it couldn't possibly be an Earth vessel.SPOCK: I fail to understand why it always gives you pleasure to see me proven wrong.KIRK: An emotional Earth weakness of mine. There it is.KIRK: An old Earth vessel, similar to the DY-500 class.SPOCK: Much older. DY-100 class, to be exact. Captain, the last such vessel was built centuries ago, back in the 1990s.KIRK: Then it's a derelict, its signal left on automatic.SPOCK: Or an old Earth ship being used by aliens.
en 2008 Jack F. Williams; Ch’ang-yi David Chang Back from the brink: resolving Taiwan's environmental problems Taiwan's Environmental Struggle: Toward a Green Silicon Island https://archive.org/details/taiwansenvironme0000will/ https://books.google.com/books?id=xK99AgAAQBAJ 0-415-44723-2 173640863 108 https://archive.org/details/taiwansenvironme0000will/page/108/ That programme, begun in the early 1990s, cost billions of Taiwan dollars, but eventually tamed the river, especially because of the Yuanshanzih flood diversion tunnel (sluiceway), which helps redirect run-off from the upper reaches of the river to the sea on the north-east coast, thus saving the often flooded townships of Rueifang and Hsichih (Sijhih)⁷ when future typhoons and heavy rains hit the area.
en Max Saltman, Avery Schmitz, Sebastian Jimenez Valencia and Rocio Munoz-Ledo The US now considers these cartels and gangs terrorist groups. Here’s what to know about them w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/americas/us-cartels-terrorist-explainer-latam-intl/index.html 2025-02-22 But it wasn’t until the 1990s and 2000s that CDG reached prominence under the stewardship of Osiel Cardenas Guillen. https://web.archive.org/web/20250903035101/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/americas/us-cartels-terrorist-explainer-latam-intl/index.html 3 September 2025
Translations
nineties
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en 0199s 1099s
en Decades