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Ninety percent of those particles were small enough to qualify as nanoplastics, which are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier and be absorbed into human cells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Eighty percent of the people they asked agreed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Of the 69,000 students who applied last year, almost 80 percent were from out-of-state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Overall, government revenues climbed by three percent to $5.40 trillion in the latest fiscal year, which ended September 30.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Almost 180,000 Black men would fight with the Union Army, eventually making up 10 percent of its force.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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“They are not accurate enough. I’m moving not well enough, so everything in my game, there are some percents missing. I don’t really know why.”
From New York Times ● May 30, 2021
Audiences tend to agree: a full 91 percent of them liked “Wonder Woman,” according to Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 63 and 62 percents for “Batman v. Superman” and “Suicide Squad,” respectively.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
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"Fifty percent of them want him to, and 50 percent don't want him to. I try to play both 50 percents."
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017
Market yields range from the low to mid-6 percents.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2016
Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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