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decimal point

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


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“My usual rule of thumb is, move the decimal point one place to the left,” Matheson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

That little decimal point wasn’t a lot, but then, artificial intelligence was barely a decimal point’s worth of those index funds a few years ago.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

Readers see little of Ruth’s writing, but know her business transactions down to the last decimal point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Many people use 3.14159, but even that’s not quite right, because the digits to the right of the decimal point in pi go on forever.

From NewsForKids.net ● Mar. 14, 2024

But no matter how hard you try, you can never gain that last decimal point.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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