percentage
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“This is a cost-effective program that has very good outcomes in the past in terms of percentage of people moving on to permanent housing,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The percentage of rooms already booked on cruise line Viking for 2027, despite a 15% increase in capacity from 2026, executives said on the company’s earnings call this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The grandchildren must take secondary financial classes and pass with a C or better to have access to a small percentage of the funds after reaching maturity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
That's a 9.3 percentage point gap, up from 8.7 last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
When administrators sought to determine which departments were most guilty, they found that in each department a higher percentage of women applicants was admitted than men applicants.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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
Sanofi’s 2030 sales targets suggest consensus estimates could be upgraded by mid-single digit percentages, according to Bernstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The percentages are set based on the funding gap between how much a council needs to spend and the amount of money they receive in central government grants.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s especially interesting to note that by the two wrestlers’ second subsequent meeting, the win percentages revert to the expected level of about 50 percent, suggesting that the collusion spans only two matches.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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