hundredth
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So after reading what felt like the hundredth article declaring that my generation had abandoned alcohol, nightlife and socializing altogether, I started wondering whether I was missing something.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The other is that, as long as fund companies are vying for every extra hundredth of a percentage point of return, investors will end up winners.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
But when another American president marked the hundredth anniversary of the Mexican-American War, his approach was far different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Their slow pace is compensated by a high-speed weapon: a tongue that can accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in about one hundredth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
I contemplated calling home for the hundredth time.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Tadej Pogacar, the overwhelming favourite for overall victory, won the stage by just nine hundredths of a second from another Briton, Ethan Hayter of Soudal-Quick Step.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Servite won the first heat in the boys 4x100 relay in 40.29 — two hundredths off its winning time at last year’s state finals — and is primed to defend its title in the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
That extends a rally in bonds that has clipped more than 30 basis points, or hundredths of a percentage point, from the yield on the benchmark paper over the past month.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Their overall scores are within a few hundredths of a percentage point of each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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