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percent

[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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Russia's GDP contracted by 0.2 percent in the first three months of the year, according to official statistics -- the first quarterly slump in three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

South Korean stocks tanked almost seven percent at one point Friday -- before ending down 5.5 percent -- having dropped 1.8 percent the day before.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Even if that had been 100 percent true, and all of our reporting had borne that out, that alone would have been interesting: The president’s pool guy is renovating the Reflecting Pool.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

This misinformation didn’t stop the pandemic; some places saw death rates as high as 10 percent.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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