percentage
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Had SpaceX gotten into the S&P 500, a percentage of the several trillion bucks in S&P 500 index funds would’ve gone toward SpaceX stock.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The WTO projected trade growth to slow to 2.5% this year from 4.6% in 2025, with AI potentially adding 0.5 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The morning after the polls closed, Caruso was ahead by 5 percentage points — 42% to Bass’ 37% — and the former Republican called the early results “a victory story.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
With around two-thirds of votes counted, Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton leads the tally in the state's gubernatorial primary, followed closely by Democrat Xavier Becerra, with another Democrat, Tom Steyer, a few percentage points behind.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Some huge percentage of the increase—more than half, certainly, but exactly how much more than half they declined to tell Eisman—flowed from the arcane end of the home finance sector, known as structured finance.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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