hundredth
Example Sentences
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Investors benefit from fund companies competing for every hundredth of a percentage point, but should consider tax implications before switching funds for small gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
“And he shot back, ‘Not bad for a tenth or hundredth try!’”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
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
Hunter Bell upgraded her Olympic bronze medal in a personal best time of 1:54.90 - a mere one hundredth of a second ahead of training partner and good friend Hodgkinson.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
On this particular day, Bobby was going over once again, perhaps for the hundredth time, the fourth game of the 1985 World Championship match between the two Russian grandmasters Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing hundredth
Number and Operations: Fractions
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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