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percent

[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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It also slashed its fiscal 2026 growth forecast to 0.5 percent from 1.0 percent, and for next year trimmed its projection to 0.7 percent from 0.8 percent.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Current estimates suggest dark matter could account for more than 85 percent of the matter in the universe.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Just a few percent of clothes sold today in the UK are made here.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Plan C estimates that 100,000 or more people a year—nearly 10 percent of reported abortion patients—already get their abortion medication through channels that bypass the U.S. regulatory system.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The demise of Bear Stearns had been so unthinkable in March of 2007 that Cornwall Capital had bought insurance against its collapse for less than three-tenths of 1 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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