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decimal

[des-uh-muhl, des-muhl] / ˈdɛs ə məl, ˈdɛs məl /




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That little decimal point wasn’t a lot, but then, artificial intelligence was barely a decimal point’s worth of those index funds a few years ago.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Readers see little of Ruth’s writing, but know her business transactions down to the last decimal point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

In recent decades, advances in computing have pushed this familiar constant far beyond the classroom, with powerful supercomputers now calculating pi to trillions of decimal places.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

He was also chief secretary to the Treasury as the UK prepared to move to decimal currency.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Andrew stormed up the closest spiral staircase to the second floor and the Dewey decimal rooms.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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