hundredth
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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
“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
Hollywood Burbank Airport also nudged out its previous rainfall total record by a hundredth of an inch, receiving 0.94 inches over the last three days, compared with 0.93 inches in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
"About a month ago. You know the nine hundredth text and phone call you decided to ignore?"
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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