decimal point
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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
“My usual rule of thumb is, move the decimal point one place to the left,” Matheson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
By 25 minutes in, Wales had a decimal point of hope.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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
Everything had been readied—new shoes that did not pinch, spiral notepads that rustled like dollars from the bank, and yellow pencils sharpened to a decimal point, without a tooth mark to be found.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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