percent

Example Sentences

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An estimated 5 percent of cases have required hospital care already this year; in 2025, 11 percent required hospital care.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

There was good news for the troubled auto sector, where orders rose 3.8 percent, and there were also strong increases in demand for metal products.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“Ultimately you end up maybe making more from what we call penny profit … more in absolute dollars, but maybe the percent margin had to shrink,” Kempczinski said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Ninety-two percent of cases this year are in unvaccinated people.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Zeke and Daniel had known her since preschool, when they were teeny, tiny lizards, no bigger than newts, forty percent tail and fifty percent eyes.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness