hundredth
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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
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
Spain closed the gap on Italy to less than a hundredth of a point following Real Madrid's 6-1 win over Monaco.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 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
The delay prevented us from setting down on July 4,1976, but it was generally agreed that a crash landing on that date would have been an unsatisfactory two hundredth birthday present for the United States.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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