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Recent Examples of decimal
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.
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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
This can be easily understood by simply moving the decimal in the above example.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023
After a few minutes of bites and banter, Mr. Portnoy renders his verdict, on a scale from zero to 10 that includes decimals.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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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
This can be easily understood by simply moving the decimal in the above example.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023
After a few minutes of bites and banter, Mr. Portnoy renders his verdict, on a scale from zero to 10 that includes decimals.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decimal
Noun
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Content creation is just a small fraction of the overall personal branding picture.—
Melanie Borden,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But only a fraction of all defibrillators are actually registered with the local emergency services system, as is required by law.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Wolverines routinely flirted with triple digits and ranked near the top of college basketball in 2-point shooting percentage during their 14-4 start.—
Austin Meek,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Her floral tattoos typically end where the fingers begin to prevent the image from needing to be broken up across five digits.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Typescript requires programmers to declare the type of each variable (floating point, integer, Boolean or other) before it’s used, increasing reliability.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Dec. 2024
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If there are more than three competitors in the same category in the same event, the point scoring is assigned as follows: divide the number of competitors by two, then round up to the next integer.—
Danny Ventura,
Boston Herald,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Granted, many could be above the age of 65, but as Biden and Trump have both proven, age is just a number.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
17 Jan. 2025
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The state says that only a small number of children live in long-term care facilities.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 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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That’s the second-largest numeric gain behind Texas, which has a larger overall population.—
Ian Hodgson,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Dec. 2022
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“Decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decimal. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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