rate
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Delta Air Lines’ domestic-flight cancellation rate has been higher than the industry average this year, a setback for an airline that nearly always tops rankings for reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"Traders have already fully priced in another Federal Reserve rate hike by year's end, despite the arrival of Kevin Warsh as the new Fed chairman," Innes said.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
He said that pilots are accepting extra trips less often, with an acceptance rate of 2%, down from 37% a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Latest figures show the unemployment rate for 16 to 24-year-olds is 16.2%, the highest since last 2014, and more than three times the rate of general unemployment at 5%.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The slow rate indicated that the black hole’s gravitational pull was growing stronger.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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