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  1. Nine-tenths, nine-tenths: Wordnik
  2. nine-tenths: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (nine-tenths)

noun:  (literally) Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10.
noun:  (loosely) Almost all; the vast majority.

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