as in probability
a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another
since most car thefts are never solved, there will always be greedy people ready to take advantage of this percentage
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Research and development spending as a percentage of GDP has fallen from a high of 1.9% in 1964 to 0.7% in 2021.
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Chris Impey, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
The increase to 5 percent would mean Lithuania overtakes Poland as the NATO country spending the most on defense as a percentage of its GDP.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The average percentage of ED visits was found to be linked to an increase in the average daily Air Quality Index (AQI), which is put out by the Environmental Protection Agency.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The percentage of students who attended public pre-K in Texas the prior year for at least 80 days and were considered kindergarten ready was almost 71%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
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Chris Impey, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
The increase to 5 percent would mean Lithuania overtakes Poland as the NATO country spending the most on defense as a percentage of its GDP.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The average percentage of ED visits was found to be linked to an increase in the average daily Air Quality Index (AQI), which is put out by the Environmental Protection Agency.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The percentage of students who attended public pre-K in Texas the prior year for at least 80 days and were considered kindergarten ready was almost 71%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for percentage
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“Percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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