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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a tenth of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a fractional part of a whole, often in mathematical or quantitative contexts.
Example: "If you divide the cake into ten equal pieces, each piece will be a tenth of a whole cake."
Alternatives: "one-tenth of a" or "10% of a".
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The drop takes about a tenth of a second.
About a tenth of a second, Seaward calculated.
It lasted about a tenth of a second.
McArdle was a tenth of a second slower.
"I lost by a tenth of a second," Eberharter said.
She was a tenth of a second ahead of O'Neill.
A grain of metal a tenth of a millimetre wide can puncture a space suit.
But the unemployment rate rose by a tenth of a point to 8.3 percent.
"Renewables have constituted only about a tenth of a percent," the report says.
"It took her a tenth of a second, and then she understood the point".
He had moved, at best, a tenth of a mile in 30 minutes.
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