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The poll surveyed 2,787 registered voters in California from Oct. 19-25, online in English and Spanish, and has an estimated margin of error of about 2.5 percentage points in either direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Investors expect the US Federal Reserve to lift interest rates by at least a quarter percentage point next month to try to rein in stubborn inflation.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The 30-year bond yield rose 0.220 percentage point to 5.480%, completing its largest three-session gain since April 10, 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
According to aviation analytics company Cirium, the percentage of domestic seats allocated to business-class and premium economy seats rose to to 7.4% last year, from 7.1% in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
In order to feed the world’s insatiable demand for cotton goods, he said, every picker’s daily quota will be increased by a percentage determined by their numbers from the previous harvest.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
These percentages represent relative differences between groups rather than the absolute probability that an individual woman will develop breast cancer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
The on-base percentages, compared: .363 for the Brewers, .263 for the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
To get annual figures, Bending Spoons said it averaged four quarterly percentages, a method that can smooth out big swings in churn, rather than dividing one full-year revenue number by another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
As win percentages flashed up on screen, and sparklers lit up the dark backdrop as athletes posed with their trophies, athletics attempted to take its first steps in a brand new direction.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Through one of the big canneries he had made a deal to pay for The Nereid with percentages of each catch, and he was anxious to get it paid off.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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