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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Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Baseball Savant tabbed Arraez as having a Batting Run Value of -9, placing him in the 15th percentile.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
In fact, the agency sets its scholarship payment rates at the seventy-fifth percentile of the local market rate.
—Philip Mullins, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The bank said that its positioning and sentiment indicators found that investor optimism currently sits at around the 67th percentile, suggesting that risk appetite remains firmly intact.
—Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Percentile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentile. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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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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