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decimal

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




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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

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

By 25 minutes in, Wales had a decimal point of hope.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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

She headed into the stacks, jingling her ear with her finger, tuning in her internal Dewey decimal system, another sign she was a born librarian.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

How does knowing about U.S. money help you learn about decimals?

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

He would sleep all through the night while she was figuring with decimals.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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