percentage
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It has doubled in size over the past three years and is the highest percentage since the housing crash two decades ago, according to the real-estate data firm Inside Mortgage Finance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s increases with age: 5.2% of people ages 65 to 74 have the disease, while 35.8% of those ages 85 and older do.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
His party's constituency vote share fell 9.5 percentage points to 38.2% compared to 2021, while its share of the regional vote was down 13.3 points to 27.2%.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
In reading, the percentage of students scoring as proficient or better was 46.5% for L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
When I asked Doreen about this she said the tipping percentage might well have risen from ten to fifteen per cent since she was last in New York.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Vocabulary lists containing percentage
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