the one hundredth vs the hundredth

Both "the one hundredth" and "the hundredth" are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "The one hundredth" is used when referring to the specific ordinal position of 100 in a sequence, while "the hundredth" is used when referring to any ordinal position that is one hundredth in a sequence.

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the one hundredth

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the specific ordinal position of 100 in a sequence.

This phrase is used to indicate the specific ordinal position of 100 in a sequence, such as the one hundredth day of the year.

Examples:

She finished in the one hundredth place in the race.
Today is the one hundredth anniversary of the event.

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Madam President, 8 March 2011, the one hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today, we are celebrating the one hundredth International Women's Day, commemorating the demonstration of worker women who protested for equal wages in New York in the mid-19th century.
In 2014 we will be commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
So, first, be careful; for the second and the one hundredth time too.
In these circumstances it is a matter for rejoicing that the annual National Gaelic Mod (Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail) will take place for the one hundredth time in the town of Oban this year. I am very glad to have a constituency office there.
Dre, for the one hundredth time, can you please pick up your jacket?

Alternatives:

the 100th
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the one hundredth position
the one hundredth day
the one hundredth anniversary

the hundredth

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to any ordinal position that is one hundredth in a sequence.

This phrase is used to indicate any ordinal position that is one hundredth in a sequence, such as the hundredth decimal place.

Examples:

She rounded to the hundredth decimal place.
This is the hundredth time I've told you.

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No, thank you, for the hundredth time.
For the hundredth time, yes.
Ten days ago Finnish Social Democrats celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the granting of full suffrage to women.
You know, that's, like, the hundredth indian convoy that's flown past.
But after the hundredth time you said we would never marry, I wed another.
My favorite film, for the hundredth time.
I just refused to be his mistress for the hundredth time.
For the hundredth and final time there is no grudge.
Rehearsing her guided tour for the hundredth time, but you haven't seen the best bit.
And I'm telling you for the hundredth time, Michael is not leaving Nike.
No, April, for the hundredth time, we are not going to Aaron Riley's.
For the hundredth time, you're not seeing what is in that printer.
I can because it's the hundredth time you've read it to me.
Ben, for the hundredth time, we're not getting married at your hotel.
I am not giving you my credit card, for the hundredth time.
For the hundredth time, because of me Pod is paralysed from the waist down.
It's even harder when it's the hundredth time
You could be the guy to bring us over the threshold, the hundredth monkey.
2013 is the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Martian War -
For the hundredth time, TC, you're not staffed as a surgeon at this hospital.

Alternatives:

the 100th
the hundredth position
the hundredth day
the hundredth time
the hundredth decimal place

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