percentage
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In terms of fielding performance by the team, it is hard to quantify other than via the percentage of dropped catches - though Stokes' teams famously hunted down even lost causes to the boundary.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He hit only .205 in July, with a slugging percentage of .313.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The bigger risk may not be that Indians suddenly abandon UPI because a large retailer is charged a fraction of a percentage point: experts say its network effects are now too powerful for that.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
In light of the current circumstances, an increase of four-tenths of a percentage point in inflation due to the AI boom is no small matter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“How could I own such a thing? A man hires me and pays me a percentage of my earnings. It buys me food and the corner of a room I share with some other boys.”
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
Colburn acknowledges that it might at first seem "a little ridiculous" that the researchers are aiming for losses that can be described by percentages over kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Grade boundaries vary from year to year and the exact percentages for 2026 won't be published until results day.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The company meanwhile said that two of its AI-related divisions grew by "triple-digit percentages" -- its AI cloud and chips businesses each "exceeded" $25 billion annual revenue run rates, a measure of recurring sales.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Moreover, these percentages understate the long odds that Paramount faces, Gu noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
I whipped up some more mixtures, experimenting with the percentages.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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