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996

996 is the alternative spelling of 9-9-6.

Meaning of 9-9-6

Noun

9-9-6 (uncountable)

  1. A schedule with 9am to 9pm workdays and a six-day workweek (usually from Monday to Saturday).
    • The Gen Z generation is bringing “good trouble” — a term coined by civil rights activist and politician John Lewis for nonviolent protests against unjust situations — to the “9-9-6 work culture.”2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025

Questions about 996

What is 996 the alternative spelling of?
996 is the alternative spelling of 9-9-6.

Words near 996 in the dictionary

  1. 99.9 percent
  2. 99.99 percent
  3. 990
  4. 990s
  5. 995
  6. 996
  7. 999
  8. 99er
  9. 99ers
  10. 99s
  11. 99th

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 996 (page history and authors); 9-9-6 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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