decimal

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for decimal
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Noun
  • As with other agencies affected as part of Mr. Musk’s effort, only a small fraction of AmeriCorps employees remained at the headquarters in Washington on Thursday.
    Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Soybean plantations capture only a fraction of the carbon that tropical rainforests do, and drive emissions through transportation and processing.
    Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Entering play, Hicks had touched triple digits on two occasions during his time with the Giants.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Triple-digit fastballs in the strike zone all spring will get a pitcher the longest looks possible.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The dense text covered various ideas about cryptography, but Thompson (a former mathematics student) was particularly fascinated with a chapter about prime numbers, the crucial integers that make up the foundation of all computer and data coding.
    TIME, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For millennia, mathematicians have sought integer solutions to them.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Word to the wise: the end credits are more like a Marvel movie as they are interrupted by a longish extra scene that includes a special cast member, blues legend Buddy Guy, plus yet another musical number at the end of credits.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • According to tracking, the tentpole is headed for a domestic debut in the $63 million to $77 million range, with a target number of $70 million.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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