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decimal

[des-uh-muhl, des-muhl] / ˈdɛs ə məl, ˈdɛs məl /




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Another thing many TAM estimates have in common is that they’re oddly specific, often going out a decimal point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It frees a student from memorizing all formulas, such as pi to the fourth decimal, but not from knowing whether an answer is right, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

If you break the speeds down to a single decimal, 84.6 mph has been the most productive wicket-taking delivery with 193 wickets in total.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

It reminds me of the joke that you know an economist has a sense of humor if he uses decimal points.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Peckleman wasn’t nearly as good with the Dewey decimal system as he had claimed to be.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Only resounding wins over their nearest rivals now return a few more decimals.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

The leaders of those and other rate stats — expressed with decimals — are now sprinkled with Negro League standouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

Eventually she leads us toward more abstract concepts such as the polar coordinate system, a graphical approach to defining a point using distance and angle, as well as irrational numbers and decimals that repeat infinitely.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

When dividing signed decimals, first determine the sign of the quotient and then divide as if the numbers were both positive.

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

We forgot about the double period of decimals and how we were upperclassmen and upperclasswomen.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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