hundredth

A basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point, or 0.01%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

After an hour’s rest, Harris had enough energy to take first in the 100-meter dash in 10.32 seconds — one hundredth of a second faster than his runner-up time last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 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

“So anyway one day after work, they invited me for about the hundredth time and I thought, ‘Oh, what the hell.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The largest fund managers compete over hundredths of a percentage point in expenses for running giant index funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Collins demonstrated why she is one of the Southland’s top sprinters, taking first in the 200 in 23.25 — 30 hundredths of a second off the meet record set in 2002 by L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

The Olympics are an incredible showcase but also a pinhole sample—a once-every-four-years event in which glory and disaster can come down to hundredths of seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

With the margin between winning gold and going home empty handed "hundredths of a second", two-time world champion Weston knows that innovation in aerodynamics is key to the "minor gains" needed.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

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