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Definition of nine-tenths in English English dictionary
- Nine parts out of ten; 90%; ⁹⁄₁₀
- Almost all; the vast majority
- possession is nine-tenths of the law
- One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession
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