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Recent Examples of decimal
Unlike some scales that give a decimal reading for pounds, the Greater Goods scale features accuracy down to 0.1 ounces and provides measurements in pounds with ounces, decimal pounds, or kilograms.
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Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
The closer that decimal is to one, the more compact the district is.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2024
Of course, that doesn't make their mating calls, which can produce sounds as high as least 90 decimals, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, any more pleasant to the human year.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Body fat percentage readings from the QardioBase X were within decimals of those from the Omron, while the Wyze Scale X was generally off by a percentage point or two for this metric.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
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Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
The closer that decimal is to one, the more compact the district is.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2024
Of course, that doesn't make their mating calls, which can produce sounds as high as least 90 decimals, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, any more pleasant to the human year.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Body fat percentage readings from the QardioBase X were within decimals of those from the Omron, while the Wyze Scale X was generally off by a percentage point or two for this metric.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decimal
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At 64,000 square feet, the Birch is only a fraction of the size of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The blockade marked the start of a prolonged crisis, with only a fraction of previous aid levels allowed in since.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Parts of the southwestern U.S. are forecast to see highs reaching the triple digits this weekend, whilst other areas could see severe thunderstorms and even flooding.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Since each dial only goes up to nine digits, there are only a limited number of combinations that a thief would have to attempt in order to access the bag’s contents.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The software ran an instance that forced it to convert a floating-point number into an integer.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Stuck in the Middle Erdős knew that any set of integers must contain a smaller, sum-free subset.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
22 May 2025
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As Anti-Trans Laws Get More Extreme, Here’s Where State Laws Stand in 2025 Tracking the emerging trends, firsts, and surprises this year as statehouse Republicans brought a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
29 May 2025
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That was a really big number to hit without a radio hit to drive it.—
Deborah Evans Price,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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From intuition To numerics Turning dread into numbers is possible.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The diminished Northeast population appears to be driven by New York, which ranks first in both numeric and per capita population decline.—
Danny McDonald,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 Dec. 2022
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“Decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decimal. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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