fifty percent

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“How do we discuss the issue of peace and security and leave out fifty percent of the population?”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Last week, fifty percent of passengers on two different flights from China to Milan tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple reports.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2023

Treating that population at home is a potentially lucrative market: Revenue in home health care grew by more than fifty percent between 2013 and 2020, according to the Census Bureau.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

“Four years ago, fifty percent of the people who voted didn’t decide until the last week.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2016

And I would say the percentage of students who will end up making it from your class is probably fifty percent.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones