percentage
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The WTO said the boom in AI investment could help cushion the blow, adding half of a percentage point to trade growth this year if it proved stronger than expected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Labor Department methodology, Canada’s unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage point lower at 5.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
When county workers finished tabulating votes on election night, the gap between the two was eight percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
“SpaceX has decided to reserve a much higher percentage of the offering…which means there should be more shares available to retail clients.”
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
During the 1990s, the unemployment rate fell by 2 percentage points; nonviolent crime, meanwhile, fell by roughly 40 percent.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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