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percent

[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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Despite the company's lack of a competitive AI offering, Apple shares have largely defied gravity over the past two years, and the stock is up about 15 percent this year.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

You will notice most of the unhoused are not white, and in fact about one-quarter of them are black, even though black people are only 7 percent of the state’s population.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"Is the iPhone Birth Control?" asked a paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, delving into why US fertility rates have fallen by 22 percent since 2007.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Investors welcomed what could prove a bidding war for MPS, whose shares shot up nearly 13 percent in afternoon trading Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Eighty percent is not for little lizards,” Ms. Pfister said, gushing the disdain again.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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