decimal
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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
"I was one decimal point away from being diabetic," Doran, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, told the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
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
The calculations had to be accurate out to many, many decimal places.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing decimal
Pi Day Vocabulary
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Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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Arithmetic
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