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percentage

[per-sen-tij] / pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ /


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The oil price increase since February, he wrote, already matches or exceeds the 2022 shock in percentage terms.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Are AI companies revealing what percentage of enterprise revenue comes from subsidized channels or joint ventures with private equity firms?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The algorithm rates how alike two faces are, a higher percentage "clustering" means more facial resemblance.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Florida counties generally formulate the assessed value using a percentage of the home’s sales price, he explained.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

When administrators sought to determine which departments were most guilty, they found that in each department a higher percentage of women applicants was admitted than men applicants.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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