I knew a ten-thousandth fraction of it, that was all. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
For roughly the ten-thousandth time, I wondered how he did it. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Last night, I kissed her again for perhaps the ten-thousandth time. From Wordnik.com. [What Kids Wish Parents Knew about Parenting] Reference
Its current value is one ten-thousandth of that at the beginning of August. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He slipped in batting average, .275 to .275 by a ten-thousandth of a point. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Made bad trades? Read on, cheer up] Reference
For the ten-thousandth time since all this had started, I felt guilty for being me. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Apart in One Piece] Reference
I am not a bibliographer and do not know a ten-thousandth part of what Mr. Hallam knows. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850] Reference
Usery for the hundredth time and drinking a medium cappucino for the ten-thousandth time. From Wordnik.com. [The life of a law professor.] Reference
Traditionally, 12-gauge bores measure .729 inch, give or take a ten-thousandth of an inch. From Wordnik.com. [A Quick Guide to Shotgun Modification] Reference
Up until October 25 it was about one ten-thousandth as bright as the faintest star you can see. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Plait: Extremely Cool Naked-Eye Comet] Reference
Yesterday, Nov. 26, 2005, at precisely 11:56:42 pm, Bourgeois Nerd had its ten-thousandth visitor!. From Wordnik.com. [10,000!!!] Reference
It was going on its circular tour for the ten-thousandth time, churning out its old-fashioned tune. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Missing Man]
The icy water particles are roughly one ten-thousandth of an inch, or about the width of a human hair. From Wordnik.com. [Water, water…. somewhere? « Imaginary Potential] Reference
In 1990 scientists had managed to transcribe only one ten-thousandth of the genome over an entire year. From Wordnik.com. [I, Robot] Reference
There could be no error by which the shaft was offcenter by the thousandth of an inch, or a ten-thousandth. From Wordnik.com. [Space Platform]
I answer, that I know nothing about it, nor the ten-thousandth part of what is within the operation of nature. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Third through, like, ten-thousandth because there are so many of them, are the Sentinels from the X-Men comics. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction?] Reference
They are saying that they can measure to about a ten-thousandth of a wavelength, which seems quite problematic. From Wordnik.com. [AGU Fall Meeting « Climate Audit] Reference
The only money the U.S. government now issues are coins, which compose only about one ten-thousandth of the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Ashes of GM: The Phoenix of Renewable Energy] Reference
Suppose further that the exchange rate however determined is held to be one ten-thousandth of a dollar per zorkmid. From Wordnik.com. [The Taxman Cometh?] Reference
Then he realized -- for perhaps the ten-thousandth time -- that there was no such thing as wondering privately any more. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
Yuri and a dove: it was a ten-thousandth of a second of time, captured and preserved on the far wall of the Cosmos Pavilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Bye Week] Reference
What he needed was a tolerance of no more than a ten-thousandth of an inch, and to get it he would have to make his own barrels. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Stream Guide to Jarret Custom Rifles] Reference
For about one ten-thousandth the cost of his tax cuts, we could make ourselves 47 percent safer from dirty bombs than we are today. From Wordnik.com. [Had Enough?] Reference
A measurement of a nanometer is one billionth of a meter—approximately one ten-thousandth the diameter of a strand of human hair. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
The only money the U.S. government now issues are coins, which compose only about one ten-thousandth of the U.S. money supply (M3). From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Brown: Out of the Ashes of GM: The Phoenix of Renewable Energy] Reference
Only last year, in fact, there had been a much-publicized presentation to the ten-thousandth tourist to stand on the top of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind from The Sun]
Demon Professor Grossclout was celebrating the ten-thousandth student he had flunked out of demon school for having a skull full of mush. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
In a science where the merest ten-thousandth of a fraction looms large, the failure to adjust to the powerful jet streak was a huge error. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
Scarce a ten-thousandth part of this country is reduced to cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
The point is one ten-thousandth while 1 per cent is one one-hundredth of the whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel] Reference
It was a cuckoo; every ten-thousandth year it would appear to the hour and cry "Cuckoo!". From Wordnik.com. [Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02] Reference
Good Lord, man, you're not the first nor the ten-thousandth man who has broken down from overwork. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Red Pepper] Reference
"Not one ten-thousandth part as good-looking, nor one millionth part as bright, as Marcia Hubbard!". From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Instance] Reference
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