hundred-to-one
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Each X signifies that the active substance has undergone a ten-to-one dilution, each C a hundred-to-one dilution.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Clary, like defendants in other crack cases, challenged the constitutionality of the hundred-to-one ratio.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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If he cannot answer these questions satisfactorily he may know that he is undertaking a hundred-to-one chance of peace and happiness.
From Three Things by Glyn, Elinor
He plays a hundred-to-one shot like he was puttin' money on a favorite.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
Don't know what they are," he whispered to me, "but I'll take a hundred-to-one shot on anything he says.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry