percentage
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The share of debt repayments as a percentage of government revenue had gone up from eight to 14 percent for low-income countries in recent years, the IMF chief said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose 0.011 percentage point to 5.097%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Daniel Sturridge has two fewer substitute goals then Welbeck but has scored a slightly higher percentage of his overall Premier League tally as a sub - 22%.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
In June, the Bank extended its climate change policy indefinitely, but dropped targets for the percentage of financing that must have climate-related impacts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Does it take into account the higher percentage of women working toward a short-term goal?
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
The on-base percentages, compared: .363 for the Brewers, .263 for the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Trade policy tends to arrive in public dressed in abstraction: percentages, agreements, investigations, duties, markets.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
There were plenty of times during McCullum's reign as Test coach where those long-odds bets were placed, while Fleming seems much more likely to play the percentages.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Likewise, double-check that percentages across all named beneficiaries add up to 100%, a common source of errors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
My life revolves around an obsessive regimen and percentages, and given that I was just in surgery, the risk never seems to go down.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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