Meaning of 1990s | Babel Free

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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

plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“But it wasn’t until the 1990s and 2000s that CDG reached prominence under the stewardship of Osiel Cardenas Guillen.”

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