hundredth
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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
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
Servite won the boys 4x100 relay in 40.27, one hundredth of a second faster than its prelim time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
Arrington won by one hundredth of a second in 10.32—the third-fastest ever at Arcadia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025
There was no reason to believe that he gave it one hundredth the importance of the structure of metals, for which he took great delight in making soap-bubble models.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing hundredth
Number and Operations: Fractions
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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