percentage
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In 2025 62.5% of pupils achieved A* to C, 0.3 percentage points up on 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The ICE dollar index fell by 0.87 percentage point, and the euro was last seen at $1.17.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Times first contacted Median Strategies last week, seeking more details about the purported poll it claimed showed Bass leading Raman by 12 percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
That’s a percentage point higher than its previous forecast.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
A small percentage included men awaiting court-martial, who joined to escape punishment.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
In a few instances, it determined that single-digit percentages of my writing were either A.I.-generated or A.I.-assisted.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
This week she highlighted 10 areas in the U.S. with the highest percentages of home sellers asking for less than they paid for the properties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
SanDisk shares rallied 14% to $1,528.11 after the maker of memory chips forecast revenue growth in the mid-to-high-teen percentages annually between fiscal 2028 and 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now I am ten, learning to embroider circular stitches, to calculate fractions into percentages, to nurse my papaya tree to bear many fruits.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
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