percentage

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But Bass beat him by nearly 10 percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times

Her research shows that in years when small-cap earnings exceed large-cap earnings and accelerate, as she expects this year, small-caps have outperformed 75% of the time by an average of nine percentage points a year.

From Barron's

We believe the growth rate of utility earnings will surpass that of staples by three percentage points a year over the next five years.

From Barron's

Schools can instead use stabilizing withdrawal rules; for example, a fixed percentage of the average value of the endowment over the past 10- or 20 years.

From MarketWatch

In his biography of Crump, Mark Shrager notes that “male riders with winning percentages comparable to Diane’s were in great demand by racehorse owners and trainers.”

From The Wall Street Journal