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Voter turnout in the U.S. hovers around 60 percent in presidential elections and closer to 40 percent in midterms.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 1962, a full 17 percent of the membership was reported to be federal informants.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
He purchased the building on 23rd Street, according to public records, in the 1970s, taking out a $150,000 mortgage on the property at an 8 percent interest rate.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Fellow German carmakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW both fell over five percent.
From Barron's
He asked Gary Gorton, a Yale professor who had built the model that Cassano used to price the credit default swaps: Gorton guessed that the piles were no more than 10 percent subprime.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“They are not accurate enough. I’m moving not well enough, so everything in my game, there are some percents missing. I don’t really know why.”
From New York Times ● May 30, 2021
Based on your gut feeling, do you believe the percents accurately reflect the U.S. population for those individuals born since 1971?
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
"Fifty percent of them want him to, and 50 percent don't want him to. I try to play both 50 percents."
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017
And when you add up all those weeks he’s had to re-do the loan, the yearly interest rate could add up to hundreds of percents.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2016
Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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