percentile
noun
per·cen·tile
pər-ˈsen-ˌtī(-ə)l 
: a value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it
a score in the 95th percentile
Examples of percentile in a Sentence
His height and weight are in the 80th percentile for boys his age.
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That doesn’t mean Nvidia is in the top percentile (which would be the 99th percentile).
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
This helps explain why the average US clinician spends as much time in the EHR as a non-US clinician in the 99th percentile of EHR work.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike Apollo-era suits, each one of which was measured and cut to the particular astronaut who would be wearing it, the Axiom-Prada suits are modular, with snap-in and snap-out limbs and torsos that accommodate women and men from the 1st percentile in body size to the 99th percentile.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
That shoots it right past the 95th percentile US male sitting height of just under 37 inches (94 cm), and Radica takes advantage by giving the bed a sofa mode.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
This helps explain why the average US clinician spends as much time in the EHR as a non-US clinician in the 99th percentile of EHR work.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike Apollo-era suits, each one of which was measured and cut to the particular astronaut who would be wearing it, the Axiom-Prada suits are modular, with snap-in and snap-out limbs and torsos that accommodate women and men from the 1st percentile in body size to the 99th percentile.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
That shoots it right past the 95th percentile US male sitting height of just under 37 inches (94 cm), and Radica takes advantage by giving the bed a sofa mode.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Percentile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentile. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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percentile
noun
per·cen·tile
pər-ˈsen-ˌtīl
: a value on a scale of one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it
a percentile score of 95 is a score equal to or better than 95 percent of the scores
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