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
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
The yield on the 30-year bond rose 0.009 percentage point to 5.436%, recouping some losses from Thursday but still registering its biggest weekly drop in more than a year.
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
Many businesses had been privatized, and only a small percentage were still connected to Russia.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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When the freight market weakened in 2023, Uber Freight’s revenue fell by double-digit percentages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Trade policy tends to arrive in public dressed in abstraction: percentages, agreements, investigations, duties, markets.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I think a lot of advisers misread the percentages and the message that goes with them,” Goldie said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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
Elementary schools by and large do manage to teach the basic algorithms for multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, as well as methods for handling fractions, decimals, and percentages.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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