How to Use percentile in a Sentence

percentile

noun
Definition of percentilenext
  • His height and weight are in the 80th percentile for boys his age.
  • This week’s storms took the state to about the 20th percentile.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Among bigs, his shot rate at the rim is in the 88th percentile.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2021
  • That number ranked in the 80th percentile in the league, per Cleaning The Glass.
    — Conor Roche, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • The Bucks only took 21% of their shots at the rim tonight, which is 8th percentile.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • His 34-inch arms were in the 71st percentile of his rookie class.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Our tester’s son, who is in the 99th percentile for height, never seemed squished.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That places him in the 98th percentile (or the top two percent) of all NBA players that year.
    — Joel Rush, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Our son has been around the 95th percentile for height, and the upper 99th for weight, ever since.
    — Paul L. Underwood, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Over the course of the season, India ranks near the 60th percentile in MLB in barrel rate.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2021
  • The Covid death rate in the hospital’s treatment area was at the 52nd percentile.
    — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • And like Alaska’s already raised it up to the 75 percentile.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That would rank him in the 75th percentile of hitters this season.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Species richness in these gardens scored in the 86th percentile or above.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In the exams mentioned, GPT-4 scored in the 88th percentile and above, and a full list of exams and the system’s scores can be seen here.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The biggest takeaway is the results by the percentiles where the lowest percentile lost the most.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The companies with the highest growth are ranked in the highest percentile.
    — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • As a team, the Knicks were in the 87th and 84th percentile in those categories during his minutes.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • His three open SPACs are all in the bottom 20th percentile for returns since the market top.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In each of those years, Charmoli ranked at or above the 95th percentile for the number of crowns installed by dentists in the state.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2022
  • His changeup is also in the top 10 percentile league-wide in terms of movement.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2022
  • South Florida’s winds Wednesday were in the 97th percentile for this time of year.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • By year-end, Ryan will rank in the top 50 percentile of players in the U.S., all ages, according to Crawford.
    — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 30 Dec. 2020
  • His sprint speed, according to Statcast, ranks in the 98th percentile in the majors.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The gains made by those on the lower end of the income spectrum—and their net wealth—are meager compared to those in the top percentile.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This time, the test told me that my extroversion had increased, going from the 23rd percentile to the 33rd.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2022
  • In addition to the ventriculomegaly, the baby’s head had grown to the 97th percentile but the body was much smaller.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The boost was even bigger for squarely middle-class households, or those in the 40th to 60th wealth percentile.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Only about 60% of students in the bottom 25th percentile had the same access.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The school was in the third percentile of schools statewide, with nearly half of students failing to graduate.
    — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022

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