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percentage

[per-sen-tij] / pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ /


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Only 25% of Angelenos viewed him favorably, the poll found, in line with the percentage of the vote he ended up receiving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

This percentage applies at the scale of individual mountain ranges and does not necessarily affect every glacier equally within those regions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

No wonder that over the past 10 years, U.S. stocks outperformed European ones by more than 150 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Only 16% of major funds hold Intel, a 3 percentage point increase, suggesting potential for ownership broadening.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

No money was made available for treating MDR, yet drug-resistant strains were infecting an increasing percentage of the prison population.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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